document.write( "Question 253126: honestly, i don't know if i classified this right. i don't remember how to do problems with a ration in the bottom and top of a fraction. the problem is 8/10-x/2. do i need to multiply the whole fraction by two, or just the bottom \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Complex numbers involve i.
\n" ); document.write( "i=square root of -1
\n" ); document.write( "Since this is not an equation, I don't know what you are trying to do.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If it were
\n" ); document.write( "8/10-x/2=10 for example
\n" ); document.write( "I would multiply both sides by ten to get rid of the denominator.
\n" ); document.write( "8-5x=100 would be the result
\n" ); document.write( "5x=92 then I would subtract 8 from both sides
\n" ); document.write( "Now divide by 5.
\n" ); document.write( "x=92/5
\n" ); document.write( "x=18.4\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Otherwise there is not much you can do with
\n" ); document.write( "8/10-x/2
\n" ); document.write( "You can reduce the fraction 8/10 to 4/5 or to a decimal .8
\n" ); document.write( "And you end up with
\n" ); document.write( "4/5-x/2
\n" ); document.write( "or
\n" ); document.write( ".8-x/2
\n" ); document.write( "and that is it.
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