SOLUTION: please help to solve : 2 - 3x / 5 + x/3 = 4

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2 - 3x / 5 + x/3 = 4


This question is from textbook An Incremental Development

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2-3X/5+X/3=4
-3X/5+X/3=4-2 FIND A COMMON DENOMINATOR FOR 3 & 5 WHICH IS 15
[(-3X)3+5X]/15=2
(-9X+5X)/15=2
-4X/15=2 CROSS MULTIPLY & WE GET
-4X=30
X=30/-4
X=-7.5
PROOF
2-3(-7.5)/5-7.5/3=4
2+22.5/5-7.5/3=4
2+4.5-2.5=4
6.5-2.5=4
4=4

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