document.write( "Question 125574This question is from textbook Mathematics 10
\n" ); document.write( ": 1/2(x-5)=x/4\r
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\"1%2F2\"(x-5) = \"x%2F4\"
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\n" ); document.write( "The first thing you want to do here is get rid of the denominators
\n" ); document.write( "multiply equation by a multiple of both denominators, that would 4
\n" ); document.write( "4*\"1%2F2\"(x-5) = 4*\"x%2F4\"
\n" ); document.write( "Cancel out the denominators and you have:
\n" ); document.write( "2(x-5) = 1x
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\n" ); document.write( "2x - 10 = x; multiply what's inside the brackets
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\n" ); document.write( "2x - x = +10; basic algebra, add 10 to both sides, subtract x from both side
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\n" ); document.write( "x = 10
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\n" ); document.write( "Check in original equation; substitute 10 for x
\n" ); document.write( "\"1%2F2\"(10-5) = \"10%2F4\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"1%2F2\"(5) = \"10%2F4\"
\n" ); document.write( "2.5 = 2.5
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