SOLUTION: can you please help me solve each equation. If the equation has no solution, choose no real solution {{{4.5/x=8-x/x-8}}} a.x=1 b.x=4.5 c.x=-4.5

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Question 190377: can you please help me
solve each equation. If the equation has no solution, choose no real solution
4.5%2Fx=8-x%2Fx-8
a.x=1
b.x=4.5
c.x=-4.5

Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


No matter what value is assigned to x, , so your equation becomes:






Multiply both sides by x:



Multiply both sides by -1:



I think there is a strong possibility that you failed to use parentheses properly when you rendered your equation and it really should have looked like:



However, purely coincidentally by the way, it doesn't matter -- the root of the equation is the same.



So you can replace the numerator:



And the right side still equals -1.

John