How do you solve 84x+51x=47x1?

1 Answer
Oct 30, 2017

follow the procedure below

Explanation:

From LHS,

equate the whole thing to the same denominator :

× by LCM { (4x+5) (x) }

simplifying worked out resulting in:

8x(4x+5)(4x5)(x) = 47x1

further simplification:

84x+54x2+5x = 47x+1

carry out cross multiplication to obtain the two values of x