document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=883704>Question 883704</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you algebraically find the largest solution to: (2/(x-1))+5 = 3x/(x+4)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I tried multiplying the left side by the LCD:(x+4)  and the right side by LCD:(x-1) but that didn't work\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then I tried multiplying both side by each LCD :(x+4)(x-1) without cancelling and that didn't work either.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer should be 0.567 but I can't get it so I must be doing something wrong algebraically.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thanks! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I tried multiplying the left side by the LCD:(x+4)  and the right side by LCD:(x-1) but that didn't work\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then I tried multiplying both side by each LCD :(x+4)(x-1) without cancelling and that didn't work either.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer should be 0.567 but I can't get it so I must be doing something wrong algebraically.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(2/(x-1))+5 = 3x/(x+4)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I tried multiplying the left side by the LCD:(x+4)  and the right side by LCD:(x-1) but that didn't work<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The LCD is not one or the other, it's (x-1)*(x+4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply all terms by that.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--> 2(x+4) + 5(x-1)*(x+4) = 3x*(x-1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Can you go from there?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Show what you did.<BR>\n" );
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