SOLUTION: Please help me solve for x in the following equation: 1/4x + 1/6 = 1/3(x-4) I do know that x= 18 but I am unaware of how to receive that answer.

Question 646331: Please help me solve for x in the following equation: 1/4x + 1/6 = 1/3(x-4) I do know that x= 18 but I am unaware of how to receive that answer.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Assume the problem is:
x + = (x-4)
get rid of the denominators, least common multiple is 12, mult by 12
12*x + 12* = 12*(x-4)
cancel out the denominators and you have
3x + 2 = 4(x-4)
3x + 2 = 4x - 16
2 + 16 = 4x - 3x
18 = x
:
How about this? Did this make sense to you?
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