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The Process
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**"We need to turn this rational equation into a non-rational one to be able to solve it. The easiest way to do that, is to perform operations that give us a quotient (fraction) on each side of the equation. The steps are:
1) add 4 and 3x−2 together by taking a common denominator and turning them into one fraction. The common denominator is x−2 and 4 is actually 41.
41+3x−2=4(x−2)+3x−2
What we did was divide the common denominator (x−2) by the denominator of the first term, i.e. 4, and got (x−2). Then we multiplied it by the numerator, i.e. 4 and put the result on top.
Then we divided the common denominator by the denominator of the second term and got 1, i.e. x−2x−2. Then we multiplied it by the numerator of the second term, i.e. 3 and put the result on top. This is how we ended up with the fraction on the right hand side.
2) After simplifying the new fraction, i.e. combining like terms and removing parentheses, we set it equal to the fraction we had on the left hand side.
3) Then we cross-multiplied the fractions to get a regular equation which, after simplifying, gave us a quadratic equation. This means an equation with the x having the power of 2.
4) Then we used the quadratic formula to solve for x. If you have an equation in the form of:
ax2+bx+c=0
The formula for x is:
x=−b±√b2−4ac2a
In this equation:
a=2, b=3, and c=−5
We plugged them into the formula and got two answers for x.
I hope this helps."**
I am going to assume you meant the following:
5x+4=4+3x−2
5x+4=4(x−2)+3x−2
5x+4=4x−8+3x−2
5x+4=4x−5x−2
Cross-multiplying, we get:
(x+4)(4x−5)=5(x−2)
4x2−5x+16x−20=5x−10
4x2+11x−20−5x+10=0
4x2+6x−10=0
2(2x2+3x−5)=0
2x2+3x−5=0
Using the quadratic formula:
x=−3±√9−4(2)(−5)4=−3±√494=−3±74
x=1
x=−52