document.write( "Question 241381: Can someone please tell me what I did wrong, IF I did indeed do anything wrong?\r
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document.write( "This is the equation:
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document.write( "(4x/x-2) = x+ (8/x-2)\r
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document.write( "This is what I did to get my answer:\r
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document.write( "(4x/x-2) = x+ (8/x-2)\r
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document.write( "4x = x(x-2) + 8\r
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document.write( "4x = - 2x + 8
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document.write( "-4x -4x\r
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document.write( " - 6x + 8\r
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document.write( "(x-4)(x-2)\r
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document.write( "Your help would be greatly appreciate, as I desperately need it!\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #176805 by josmiceli(19441)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! It's not absolutly clear what you're doing, \n" ); document.write( "although you have the right idea \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Multiply both sides by \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "The solutions are \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "These are the values that make the equation true \n" ); document.write( "But the problem is that division by \n" ); document.write( "allowed, so \n" ); document.write( "I'll test the \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "OK \n" ); document.write( " |