Posted by Eric on Sunday, October 12, 2008 at 4:46pm.
Multiply both sides of the equation by
x(x-8)
Please stop changing posting names. It does you no good when working with volunteers when you try to trick them. It is difficult enough to work thru these with students who are stuck in their thinking, but much more so when those students pretend to be new at the work.
Thanks.
x^2-8x = x(x-8) which is LCD
so
5(x) - 5(x-8) = 40
x - x + 8 = 5
There is no solution. x can be anything
Thank You Damon I understand now.
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