document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=436665>Question 436665</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> trying to solve this expression with an equal sign\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4/(x+3) +2/(x+6) = -6/x^2 +9x + 18\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I got that <BR>\n" );
document.write( "  6/(x+3)(x+6) = -6/(x+3)(x+6)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4/(x+3) +2/(x+6) = -6/x^2 +9x + 18 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I got that <BR>\n" );
document.write( "6/(x+3)(x+6) = -6/(x+3)(x+6)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4/(x+3) +2/(x+6) = -6/x^2 +9x + 18 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note: Whenever you have fractions in an equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you can multiply thru by the lcm to rid of the<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply thru by (x^2+9x+18) to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4(x+6)+2(x+3) = -6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x+30 = -6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x = -36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
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