document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=626859>Question 626859</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> For the propotion 4/x+1 = 3/x+2, all of the other websites I looked at said the answer was x=-5, but I got positive five. Can someone tell me which the correct solution is? I cross-multiplied and got 4x + 8 = 3x + 3. Wouldn't that be x=5? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "subtract 3x from both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+8=3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtract 5 from both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-5<BR>\n" );
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