document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=636411>Question 636411</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do you solve x-2/4= 2x-2/16 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "clear fractions, LCD:16 (multiply each term by the LCD)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16x-8=32x-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "move x-terms to left side and numbers to right side.(change sign when moving term from one side to the other.)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16x-32x=8-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "combine like terms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-16x=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide both sides by -16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=6/-16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "reduce to lowest terms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-3/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "check:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "plug in x-values found back into original equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3/8-2/4=(2*-3/8)-2/16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3/8-4/8=-6/8-1/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-7/8=-7/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "check ok<BR>\n" );
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