SOLUTION: Can you please help me solve this rational equation? 3/x^2-16+5/x-4=5/x+4
This problem is not from a text book ,it is from a worksheet.
I have tried to solve it and this is my w
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This problem is not from a text book ,it is from a worksheet.
I have tried to solve it and this is my w
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Question 179333: Can you please help me solve this rational equation? 3/x^2-16+5/x-4=5/x+4
This problem is not from a text book ,it is from a worksheet.
I have tried to solve it and this is my work so far, I'm stuck.
3/x^2(x-4)(x+4)/x^2-16+5(x-4)(x+4)/x-4=5(x-4)(x+4)
3+5(x+4)=5(x-4)
3+5x+20=5x-20
0=-43
so does that mean there is no solution???? or have I done something wrong? Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! No, you did nothing wrong.
You did it right.
Since your equation leads to an untrue statement, there is no solution.
