Posted by Tonya on Sunday, January 23, 2011 at 4:54pm.
find a common denominator-x
8x/x -5/x= 2x/x +3/x
when you multiply both sides by x you get:
8x-5=2x+3
8x=2x+8
6x=8
x=8/6
x=1 and 1\3
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