SOLUTION: Solving equations with fractional coefficiants is to multiply both sides of the equation. x/5-x+2/3=1/5 What I got was x=46 Please and Thank You=)

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Question 138896: Solving equations with fractional coefficiants is to multiply both sides of the equation.
x/5-x+2/3=1/5
What I got was x=46
Please and Thank You=)
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Solving equations with fractional coefficients is to multiply both sides of the equation.
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We are not sure what the problem is:
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is it:
x%2F5 - %28%28x%2B2%29%29%2F3=1%2F5
or
x%2F%28%285-x%29%29 + 2%2F3=1%2F5
or
x%2F5 - x + 2%2F3=1%2F5
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Use brackets to indicate what you actually mean
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There are so many problems and so few tutors, that when a problems is ambiguous, it will often be ignored.