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#1 2008-05-22 20:34:54
- drago
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solving fractions
hi could someone please help me solving this problem
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#2 2008-05-22 21:34:12
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: solving fractions
1. x=y
2.x=5
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#3 2008-05-22 21:49:06
- drago
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Re: solving fractions
could you tell me how you got the answer to the second one?
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#4 2008-05-22 23:27:19
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: solving fractions
Cross multiplying,
Dividing the equation by 5,
When the product of two terms is zero, either of them is zero or both are zero.
Hence, x = 5 or x = 1.
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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