Question

3x+19/4 - -x-37/5=15

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

3x + 19/4
- -x -37/5
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4x + 243/20 =300/20

4x=57/20
x=(57/20)(1/4)=57/80

Answer 4

Should the answer be in decimal or a fraction?

Answer 5

Fraction

Answer 6

How did you get 243?

Answer 7

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Answer 8

3x+19/4 - -x-37/5=15
collect like terms
3x+x+19/4-37/5=15
4x=15-19/4+37/5
You have a common denominator of 20, so multply everything by 20
20(4x)=20*15-20*(19/4)+20(37/5)
80x=300-95+148 = 353
divide by 80
x=353/80

Answer 9

Now we have two answers provided.
x=57/80 and x=353/80

Sooooo which one is the correct solution, since I got the x=57/80, I feel bound to verify its accuracy. How do I do this? I substitute it into the original problem which I repeat here: 3x + 19/4 --x - 37/5 = 15
Now for the first ambiguity. Is this a subtraction problem where the fraction (-x-37/5) is subtracted from (3x + 19/4) I am assuming, so the problem is:

3x + 19/4 - (-x-37/5) = 15 Substituting for the solution of x=57/80.

3(57/80) + 19/4 + 57/80 + 37/5 =15
171/80 + 19/4 +57/80 + 37/5 = 15
228/80 + 19/4 +37/5 = 15
228/80 + 380/80 + 592/80 = 15
1200/80 = 15
15=15

Checks. The problem could be also looked at like this only the -x is to be subtracted:
3x + 19/4 - -x -37/5 = 15 which can be rewritten as:
3x + 19/4 +x - 37/5 = 15 see the difference.
now collect similar terms;

4x +19/4 - 37/5 = 15
4x=15 - 19/4 +37/5 common denominator is 20
4x= 300/20 - 95/20 + 148/20
4x = 353/20
x = 353/80

which is the second solution

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