SOLUTION: please help me to find the value of "a" in the equation (5)/(a+3)=(3)/(a-2)

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Question 40092: please help me to find the value of "a" in the equation (5)/(a+3)=(3)/(a-2)
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let us cross-multiply and solve...we have
(5)/(a+3)=(3)/(a-2)
and then
5(a-2) = 3(a+3) expand
5a - 10 = 3a + 9 subtract 3a
2a - 10 = 9 add 10
2a = 19 divide by 2
a = 19/2