Question 1140060: (3/5x -20)=(x-20)2/5
Answer by KMST(5328)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! I assume you mean  , which I would write as
(3/5)x-20=(x-20)2/5 or 3/5)x-20=(x-20)(2/5) to avoid confusion.
The expression (3/5x -20) , means the same with or without parentheses. Those parentheses are not necessary.
To mean  I would write is as (3/5)x, because sometimes 3/5x is interpreted as  or  .
(The lack of any symbol or space between a number or variable is interpreted as if their product is in parentheses).
Multiplying times 5, both sides of , we get the equivalent equations
 ,
 ,
 , and
Then, adding  to both sides, we get the equivalent equations
 ,
 .
I hope you did not mean
 , because that ends up being an uglier quadratic equation, with two ugly solutions.
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