Reduce the fraction 4/10, to its minimum expression, extracting and canceling 2.
Combine and -2x to get
.
Subtract 8/5 from both sides.
Since 4/5 and 5/8 have the same denominator, join their numerators to subtract them.
Subtract 8 from 4 to get -4.
Multiply both sides by , the reciprocal of
.
Multiply -4/5 by -5/8 (to do this, multiply the numerator by the numerator and the denominator by the denominator).
Reduce the fraction 20/40 to its lowest expression by extracting and canceling 20.
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