document.write( "Question 295568: (3^b)/(5)-(1)/(5)=(b)/(5) I need help solving the rational equation. could you do a step by step please?? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "You must have meant  not \r\n" );
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document.write( "because there is no solution to \r\n" );
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document.write( "and similar equations cannot be solved except \r\n" );
document.write( "by iterative methods, not by the mothods of \r\n" );
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document.write( "So please learn that  means , not \r\n" );
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document.write( "I will assume you meant:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Enclose every term in parentheses:\r\n" );
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document.write( "The LCD is , so write it as \r\n" );
document.write( "and multiply every term by that\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now cancel away the 5 denominators:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Add 1 to both sides\r\n" );
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document.write( "Add -b to both sides:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by \r\n" );
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