Question

Need help solving
1/3X + 1/4 = -5

Answer 1

@Hero

Answer 2

@Awolflover1 @tanya123 @mathstudent55

Answer 3

\[\dfrac{1}{3}x - \dfrac{1}{4} = -5\]

Answer 4

@lesliee23 how far did you get with solving this one?

Answer 5

don't we need a common denominator

Answer 6

@Hero Typo? You did a - instead of +

Answer 7

\[\dfrac{1}{3}x + \dfrac{1}{4} = -5\]


@lesliee23 Do you know the common denominator?

Answer 8

12

Answer 9

Yes, basically one, approach for solving this is to multiply both sides by the common denominator, which, in this case is 12.

Answer 10

\[(12)\dfrac{1}{3}x + (12)\dfrac{1}{4} = (12)-5\]

@lesliee23, What do you think we should do next?