Posted by Chelsea on Saturday, February 12, 2011 at 10:38am.
in each case find the LCD , then multiply each term by that.
I will do the #2
5/(2x-1) = 1 - (8x-16)/(10x-5)
5/(2x-1) = 1 - (8x-16)/(5(2x-1) )
LCD = 5(2x-1)
5/(2x-1)*5(2x-1) = 1*5(2x-1) - (8x-16)/(5(2x-1) )*5(2x-1)
25 = 10x - 5 - (8x-16)
14 = 2x
x = 7
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