


When you do the same thing to both sides of an equation,
you get another equivalent equation.
So let's multiply both sides of the equation by






Now the
's will cancel out on the left and the right side becomes
because it's




So all that's left is


When you do the same thing to both sides of an equation,
you get another equation.
This time let's add 5 to both sides of the equation:


Now the
and the
cancel out on the left,
and the right becomes
because ut's


So all that's left is
and that is the answer. Now we can check to make sure it's right.
Start with the original:


Susbtitute
for


We put
in place of the


Now we divide the
by the
, and we get


And since the numbers on both sides of the equal sign
are the same, we know we did it correctly, and the
answer is
.
Edwin