Question

1/3x=2/3x+5

Answer 1

x = -15

Answer 2

How Did You Get -15?

Answer 3

\[ \frac{1}{3}x = \frac{2}{3}x + 5 \]

First to work with this lest get rid of the fraction. To get rid of the fraction multiply each side by 3
\[ 3(\frac{1}{3}x) = 3(\frac{2}{3}x + 5) \]
x = 2x +15
x -2x = +15
-1x = 15
\[ \frac{-1x}{-1} = \frac{15}{-1} = -15 \]