Question

x - 5/4 = 3

Answer 1

\[\frac{x-5}{4}=3\]

multiply both sides by 4\[\frac{4}{1}*\frac{x-5}{4}=\frac{4}{1}*\frac{3}{1}\]

Answer 2

on the left side you can see that the 4's cancel each other and multiplying the right side leaves you\[\frac{x-5}{1}=\frac{12}{1}\]

a numerator over 1 is simply the numerator which leads to

\[x-5=12\]

Answer 3

so then i have \[4x - 20/ 1 = 12/1 ?\]

Answer 4

oh right

Answer 5

add 5 to both sides so that you don't manipulate the equation

\[x-5+5=12+5\]

x=17

Answer 6

so x = 17

Answer 7

check put x=17 into the equation

Answer 8

haha ok thank you very much!

Answer 9

\[\frac{17-5}{4}=3=\frac{12}{4}\]

Answer 10

it's correct

Answer 11

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