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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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