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Elina [12.6K]
3 years ago
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X/x+2 = 4/5. Solve for x.

Mathematics
2 answers:
9966 [12]3 years ago
6 0
Hey!

First, let's write the problem.
\frac{x}{x}+2=\frac{4}{5}
Since the least common multiple is 5x, we are going to multiply by that.
\frac{x}{x}\cdot \:5x+2\cdot \:5x=\frac{4}{5}\cdot \:5x
5x+10x=4x
15x=4x
Subtract 4x from both sides.
15x-4x=4x-4x
11x=0
Divide both sides by 11.
\frac{11x}{11}=\frac{0}{11}

Our final answer would be,
x=0

This tells us that this problem has no solution.

_________

Your problem may have been written like this, 
\frac{x}{\left(x+2\right)}=\frac{4}{5}
If so, there's a totally different solution, which is why important to include parenthesis. Let's simplify it.
Cross multiply. It would look something like this,
x\cdot \:5=\left(x+2\right)\cdot \:4
Apply the distributive property.
x\cdot \:5=4x+8
Subtract 4x from both sides.
x\cdot \:5-4x=4x+8-4x
This tells us that our final answer would be,
x=8

Thanks!
-TetraFish
gregori [183]3 years ago
4 0
<span>X/x+2 = 4/5

5x = 4x + 8

5x - 4x = 8

x= 8


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