How did the 5 become 15/4... kinda confuse can anybody help????????????

Mathematics

1 answer:

KengaRu [80]3 years ago

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take 3/2 - 1/4 over to the right side of the equal sign( and then the signs change; the '+' & '-' )

then 1/2x + 3/2x =2x

and 5 -3/2 + 1/4 = 15/4

to get x alone you divide both sides by 2.

i hope this helps

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