SOLUTION: What are the two x values? x+3/12=6/x-3

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Question 275637: What are the two x values?
x+3/12=6/x-3
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Presuming that you meant to write (x+3)/12=6/(x-3), which would mean , as opposed to what you wrote which means , proceed as follows:

Cross-multiply:



Simplify:





Finally, use the difference of two squares factorization to factor and solve the quadratic.

John