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Example Question #11 : Working With Fractions
For what value of is this equation true?
Possible Answers:
Correct answer:
Explanation:
To solve this problem we must first set a common denominator. To set a common denominator we multiply by
, by doing this we get
and see that the common denominator is
. Then, since the denominators are now the same, we subtract
from
and move
to the other side to get the
alone and simultaneously solve for
.
We simplify by dividing the numerator and denominator by
, and get the answer
.
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