SOLUTION: find the value of x in the following expression x/3+x/5=16 please show all your work

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Question 647829: find the value of x in the following expression
x/3+x/5=16
please show all your work
Answer by checkley79(3341) About Me  (Show Source):
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x/3+x/5=16 FIND A COMMON DENOMINATOR FOR THE FRACTIONS. 3*5=15
5X/15+3X/15=16
8X/15=16 CROSS MULTIPLY.
8X=15*16
8X=240
X=240/8
X=30 ANSWER.
PROOF:
30/3+30/5=16
10+6=16
16=16