Help please, thinking it's C

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Fantom [35]3 years ago

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I am not sure, but my answer is (a). However, I also think its (c), but mainly (a). Please tell me if I was incorrect. I'm sorry. Hope I helped.

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Work Shown:

Part 1

$\frac{x-m}{m} + p = \frac{x-n}{n} + q\\\\\frac{x-m}{m} - \frac{x-n}{n} = q - p\\\\\frac{n(x-m)}{mn} - \frac{m(x-n)}{mn} = q - p\\\\\frac{xn-mn}{mn} - \frac{xm-mn}{mn} = q - p\\\\\frac{xn-mn-(xm-mn)}{mn} = q - p\\\\$

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Explanations:

There are quite a bit of steps. I decided to break things into two parts.
The goal is to get x all by itself on its own side, which is why I subtracted (x-n)/n from both sides in part 1, step 2. I also subtracted p from both sides.
Afterward, I gave each fraction the LCD mn. I multiplied top and bottom of the first fraction by n/n. I did a similar operation to the second fraction, but with m instead.
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Express it in slope-intercept form.

zmey [24]

Here is the answer hope this helps