document.write( "Question 981683: Solve 18/x-2 =4/3
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Algebra.Com's Answer #602645 by josgarithmetic(39618)\"\" \"About 
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What you really have is ambiguous. The spacing in your text suggests you may actually have \"18%2F%28x-2%29=4%2F3\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"18%2A3%2A%28x-2%29%2F%28x-2%29=3%28x-2%29%284%2F3%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"18%2A3=%28x-2%29%2A4\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%2818%2A3%29%2F4=x-2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x=%2818%2A3%29%2F4%2B2\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28x=15%261%2F2%29\"--------I believe no mistakes made. You can check this solution by using the value in the given equation, the one I solved. Find if it works.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Did you really have by some chance, \"18%2Fx-2=4%2F3\" ?
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"18%2Fx=10%2F3\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2F18=3%2F10\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=%283%2F10%29%2A18\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=%283%2F5%29%2A9\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=27%2F5\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28x=5%262%2F5%29\"
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