document.write( "Question 355610: I am having trouble getting the correct answer to this problem. The problem is\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1/x+3 = -2x/x+5\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This is how I worked it. The answer is -5/2, -1 but I keep getting -5/6\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x+3(-2x) = x+5(1)
\n" ); document.write( "x-6x = x+5
\n" ); document.write( "-6x = 5
\n" ); document.write( "divide through by -6 and get -5/6.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "What am I missing? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "You did good until the 3rd step.
\n" ); document.write( "We'll first get rid of the denominator so multiply each side by (x+3)(x+5) to get:
\n" ); document.write( "1(x+5) = -2x(x+3)
\n" ); document.write( "Expand it out to:
\n" ); document.write( "x+5=-2x^2-6x
\n" ); document.write( "Add 2x^2 and 6x to both sides to get:
\n" ); document.write( "2x^2+7x+5=0
\n" ); document.write( "This can be factored to:
\n" ); document.write( "(2x+5)(x+1)=0
\n" ); document.write( "Solve for x to get:
\n" ); document.write( "x=-1
\n" ); document.write( "x=-5/2
\n" ); document.write( "Make sense?
\n" ); document.write( "RJ
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