document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=99273>Question 99273</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130442631/algebrahomeworkh>Algebra 1</A><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1/3x+1/2=5/6x </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Assume you mean (x in not part of the denominator):<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Recognize that multiplying the equation by 6 will eliminate the denominators<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6*<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281%2F3%29x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281%2F3%29x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + 6*<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 6*<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%285%2F6%29x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%285%2F6%29x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel out the denominators and you have:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x + 3 = 5x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3 = 5x - 2x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3 = 3x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check solution by substitution in the original equation<BR>\n" );
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