document.write( "Question 399947: x/2+x/5=5/4 I know the least common denominator is 20. Can work half of the problem but at the end I got stuck with a fraction now i am lost. \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Hi,  
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document.write( "\"%28x%2F2%29+%2B+%28x%2F5%29+=+%285%2F4%29\"  |multiplying each term by 20
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document.write( "\"%2820x%2F2%29+%2B+%2820x%2F5%29+=+20%285%2F4%29\"
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document.write( "   10x + 4x = 25
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document.write( "       14x = 25
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document.write( "         x = 25/14\r
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document.write( "CHECKING our Answer***
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document.write( " \"%2825%2F14%29%2F2+%2B+%2825%2F14%29%2F5\" =  25/28 + 5/14 = 25/28 + 10/28 = 35/28 = 5/4 \n" );
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