document.write( "Question 43416This question is from textbook Intermediate Algebra
\n" ); document.write( ": x-2 = x+2/4 + 5\r
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We can clear the fraction by multiplying all terms by 4 and get
\n" ); document.write( "x - 2 = (x+2)/4 + 5
\n" ); document.write( "4(x - 2 = (x+2)/4 + 5)
\n" ); document.write( "4x - 8 = x + 2 + 20
\n" ); document.write( "4x - 8 = x + 22
\n" ); document.write( "3x = 30
\n" ); document.write( "x = 10
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