document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=468471>Question 468471</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 6/x+7=8/x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What does x equal? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x[6/x + 7 = 8/x] {multiplied entire equation by x}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x(6/x) + x(7) = x(8/x) {multiplied each term by x}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 + 7x = 8 {cancelled and multiplied what's left}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x = 2 {subtracted 6 from both sides}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 2/7 {divided both sides by 7}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Unless it is supposed to be this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6/(x + 7) = 8/x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8(x + 7) = 6x {two fractions equal to each other is a proportion, cross-multiplied}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x + 56 = 6x {used distributive property}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "56 = -2x {subtracted 8x from both sides}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -28 {divided both sides by -2}<BR>\n" );
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