document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=764281>Question 764281</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you help me solve this and tell me if this is an identity or a contradiction?  I think it's a contradiction because the answer is a fraction.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-2/5-X=8/5-X+2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I got 5x-10-1x=40-1x+2 after getting rid of the fraction<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then 5x=52<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then x=52/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Contradiction   </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If you mean <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x-2%2F5-X=8%2F5-X%2B2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x-2%2F5-X=8%2F5-X%2B2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-2%2F5+=+8%2F5+-+x+%2B+2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-2%2F5+=+8%2F5+-+x+%2B+2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply by 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2 = 8 - 5x + 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2 = 18 - 5x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-20 = -5x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 4<BR>\n" );
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