Question

Solve the proportion. Round to four significant digits if necessary.
5/7=x-6/x+5

Answer 1

could you type it using the equation editor because im not sure which terms are in the numerator

Answer 2

is it like this?
\[\frac{ 5 }{ 7 }=\frac{ x-6 }{x+5 }\]

Answer 3

yes

Answer 4

cross multiply them. do you know how to do that?

Answer 5

Cross multiplying is just basically:

From there you will get two equivalent equations:
\[7(x-6)=5(x+5)\]