Posted by peter on Sunday, October 31, 2010 at 5:52am.
Let's try it differently.
5/x = 2/(x-3)
5x - 15 = 2x
3x = 15
X = 5
Peter, anything multiplied by zero is still zero,
so your second line should have been
5x-15-2x = 0
Now you have the same as what MatssRiceBowl has in the method he suggested.
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