Question

Solve 2/8x^2=1/8x


I want to solve it using the LCD way but I don't know what to multiply both sides by.

Answer 1

are the x's in the numerators?

Answer 2

\[\frac{ 2 }{ 8x^2 } = \frac{ 1 }{ 8x }\] and no only in the denominators so I know that x can't equal 0.

Answer 3

what about cross-multiplication?

Answer 4

I'm not sure how to solve this by cross-multiplying...

Answer 5

ok the LCM of the denominators is 8x^2 so multiply both sides by it

Answer 6

\[8x^2\times \frac{ 2 }{ 8x^2 }=\frac{ 1 }{ 8x }\times8x^2\] So it'd look like this?

Answer 7

yes now simplify