document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=280606>Question 280606</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Show the steps that you would take to solve the following algebraically<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3/(x-3)=x/(x-3)-3/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What potential solution did you obtain?<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Explain why this is this not a solution. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "multiply by (x-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3=x-3*(x-3)/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3=x-(3x-9)/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6=2x-3x+9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3=-x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It looks like x=3 but it can't be x=3 since the denominator in the original equation  would be 0 (3-3)<BR>\n" );
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