There are an infinite number of them.
Pick any number, multiply the 4 and the 5 both by it, and write the new
numbers in place of them. The new fraction is equivalent to 4/5 .
Instead of reducing a fraction to lower terms, what you have just done is
expand the fraction to higher terms.
I do not desire to live to distrust.-I have the heart and stomach of a king.-I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder.
Original equation: 5c-4-2c+1=8c+2
The first thing you want to do is combine like terms:
3c-3=8c+2
Then. get the variable on its own side by subtracting the 3c from the left and subtracting the 2 from the right:
-5=5c
Divide both sides by 5 to get c by itself:
-1=c
Answer:
The first one :) it is what a reader learns in the story
