SOLUTION: Please help! I need to solve for x x/r-h=4 Beside it it has in parenthesis r=0 with a line through the equal sign. Please show work, I need to know how to do this stuff.

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Question 640353: Please help! I need to solve for x
x/r-h=4 Beside it it has in parenthesis r=0 with a line through the equal sign. Please show work, I need to know how to do this stuff.

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x%2Fr - h = 4; that means r can't equal 0, (division by 0 is frowned upon)
add h to both sides
x%2Fr - h + h = h + 4
x%2Fr = h + 4
multiply both sides by r
r*x%2Fr = r(h+4)
cancel r on the left
x = r(h+4)
or
x = hr + 4r