Question

Help please :)

Answer 1

@wolfe8

Answer 2

break it up. what is the reciprocal of x?

Answer 3

whats a reciprocal

Answer 4

flipping of a fraction.\[3- > \frac{ 1 }{ 3 }\]

Answer 5

ok what do i do

Answer 6

what is the reciprocal of some number x?

Answer 7

im really confused

Answer 8

ok, pretend x is 4,5,7, or 8

How would you get the reciprocal of that number? keep in mind you can rewrite them as\[\frac{ 4 }{ 1 } \frac{ 5 }{ 1 }\]
etc.

Answer 9

im sorry i dont rember how to do anything of this so im really confused

Answer 10

What is the reciprocal of x? x can be written as x/1.

Answer 11

1/x?

Answer 12

exactly. so that reciprocal is multiplied by 3, then we add 2 to that result

Answer 13

so 1/x is multiplyed by 3?

Answer 14

yeah, what does that give you?

Answer 15

3? im not sure where about to do

Answer 16

\[\frac{ 1 }{ x } * 3\]

Answer 17

3/x?

Answer 18

add 2 to the result of that

Answer 19

5/x? am i do this right

Answer 20

?

Answer 21

\[\frac{ 3 }{ x } + 2\] is not 5/x

Answer 22

than 5/2x?

Answer 23

How are you adding fractions with unlike denominators?\[\frac{3}{x}+\frac{2}{1}\]

Answer 24

i thought u nvm... i had to think of it more nvm^ is that how i would add them?

Answer 25

you don't have to add them. 3/x+2 is fine. if you want you can do this:\[\frac{ 3 }{ x } + \frac{2x}{x} = \frac{3+2x}{x}\]

Answer 26

5x/x?

Answer 27

you can only add like terms. this is as simplified as it gets....

Answer 28

so thats the answer?