SOLUTION: solve for x: 2(x/8+3)=x/4

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Question 575527: solve for x: 2(x/8+3)=x/4
Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
This 2(x/8+3)=x/4 can be rewritten as:
2x/8+6=x/4
Now multiply be 8 to get:
2x+48=2x
This problem can't be solved
because 0 does not equal 48
make sense?
RJ
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