Thread: Rational Equations

Please help me solve this equation:

4 + 5
x + 6 =1

Originally Posted by Suwanee

Please help me solve this equation:

4 + 5
x + 6 =1

ummm, use paranthesis instead of putting the numbers above one another...

do you mean:

(4+5)/(x+6)=1

or

(4/x)+(5/6)=1

Originally Posted by Quick

ummm, use paranthesis instead of putting the numbers above one another...

do you mean:

(4+5)/(x+6)=1

or

(4/x)+(5/6)=1

If equation is (4+5) / (x+6) = 1 then solution is:

4+5=(x+6)*1
9=x+6
x=3


If equation is (4/x)+(5/6)=1 then solution is:

(24+5x) / (6x) = 1
24+5x=6x
24=6x-5x
x=24

It was the second equation, x=24.

Thanks again.