SOLUTION: Transpose a+x/a-x=b-y/b+y to make x the subject

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Question 1014652: Transpose a+x/a-x=b-y/b+y to make x the subject
Answer by josgarithmetic(39614) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Chances are you wrote the equation incorrectly, but you want to solve for x. If done in text, a+x/a-x=b-y/b+y
and when given the rendering tags, a%2Bx%2Fa-x=b-y%2Fb%2By.

I will guess that your given equation is really, this...
%28a%2Bx%29%2F%28a-x%29=%28b-y%29%2F%28b%2By%29
%28a%2Bx%29%28b%2By%29=%28a-x%29%28b-y%29
ab%2Bxb%2Bay%2Bxy=ab-xb-ay%2Bxy
xb%2Bxy%2Bab%2Bay=-xb%2Bxy%2Bab-ay
xb%2Bxy%2Bxb-xy%2Bab%2Bay=ab-ay
xb%2Bxy%2Bxb-xy=ab-ay-ab-ay
2xb%2B0=-2ay
2b%2Ax=-2ay
x=-%282ay%29%2F%282b%29
highlight%28x=-ay%2Fb%29