document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=420654>Question 420654</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> solve for the variable in each equation below. show all work. check answer. if a solution is undefined, state that in answer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3/a+1=5/a+7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "please help if you can. thanks </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "3/a+1=5/a+7<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cross-multiply:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(a+7) = 5(a+1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3a+21 = 5a+5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2a = 16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 8<BR>\n" );
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