document.write( "Question 260553: -15 / x = x+16/ 4 \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "Let's get rid of the fractions in this (-15 / x = x+16/ 4) by multiplying both sides by 4x which will give us:
\n" ); document.write( "-15(4) = x(x+16) Rewrite this as:
\n" ); document.write( "-60=x^2+16x Add 60 to both sides will be:
\n" ); document.write( "0=x^2+16x+60 Now we can factor this to be:
\n" ); document.write( "0=(x+10)(x+6) Now we can solve x which are:
\n" ); document.write( "x=-10
\n" ); document.write( "x=-6
\n" ); document.write( "You can check these by plugging the answer into the original problem.
\n" ); document.write( "Make sense?
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