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How do you solve $x/2=20-x/3$ ?

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Mar 19, 2016

$x/2=20-x/3$
$x/2+x/3=20$
$(3x+2x)/6=20$
5x/6= $20$
$5x=20*6$
$5x=120$
$x=120/5$
$x=24$

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