Answer
x = 5/3
Work Step by Step
Solve : 1/x + 2/(x-5) = 0
$(x - 5 + 2x) \div (x(x-5)) $ = 0
x - 5 + 2x = 0;
3x = 5
x = 5/3
Check :
LHS = 1/x + 2/(x-5) = 3/5 + 2/(5/3 - 5) = 3/ 5 - 6/10 = 3/5 - 3/5 = 0
RHS = 0
LHS = RHS, Hence Verified
Algebra and Trigonometry 10th Edition
by Larson, Ron
Published by
Cengage Learning
ISBN 10:
9781337271172
ISBN 13:
978-1-33727-117-2
Chapter 1 - 1.2 - Linear Equations in One Variable - 1.2 Exercises - Page 87: 36
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