1/5+3/5x =2/x

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1/5+3/5x =2/x

Guest Jan 27, 2015

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1/5+(3/5)x =2/x multiply through by 5x

x + 3x^2 = 10 rearrange

3x^2 + x - 10 = 0 factor

(3x - 5) (x + 2) = 0 and setting each factor to 0, we have x = 5/3 or x = -2

CPhill Jan 27, 2015

CPhill · Answer 1 · 2015-01-27T08:32:31

1/5+(3/5)x =2/x multiply through by 5x

x + 3x^2 = 10 rearrange

3x^2 + x - 10 = 0 factor

(3x - 5) (x + 2) = 0 and setting each factor to 0, we have x = 5/3 or x = -2