Question

please help!!

Answer 1

first subtract 2 - 5

Answer 2

@chealseaa_grinn 2-5?

Answer 3

give me a sec. ill give it a shot

Answer 4

-3

Answer 5

ok so now you have \(\dfrac{4}{x-3}=-3\)

Answer 6

you get that.

Answer 7

then add 3

Answer 8

so then the 3's crosss out?

Answer 9

no, what u need to do next is to multiply by (x-3) on both the left and right hand side of
\[\frac{ 4 }{ x-3 }=-3\]
so that the bottom part will cross out.

Answer 10

and you get 4/x

Answer 11

Not really...on the left hand side...

\[\frac{ 4 }{ x-3 }\times \frac{ x-3 }{ x-3 }\]

what will u get?

Answer 12

once you multiply the (x-3) over you end up with 4=(-3)(x--3), right?

Answer 13

yes.

Answer 14

@atreyu6s3x6 that is correct

Answer 15

so wouldnt the right side cancel?

Answer 16

alright well then distribute the -3 through the equation and no not yet

Answer 17

no, there is nothing to cancel on the right:

4=-3(x-3)

u need to distribute -3 to (x-3) and then simplify...

Answer 18

@sdfgsdfgs correct

Answer 19

okay so 4= 3x+9

Answer 20

almost but it should be 4=-3x+9...

Answer 21

yes.. so then you simply move the 9 over to the other side

Answer 22

xo you get -5/3

Answer 23

almost but it will be a n
egative

Answer 24

no again :(

4=-3x+9

-9 on both left and right....

Answer 25

negative* sorry

Answer 26

you subtract 9 on both sides. so 4-9=-5

Answer 27

and then divide by -3 on left n right, u get....

Answer 28

yes. then divide by -3

Answer 29

in which you end up with?

Answer 30

5/3?

Answer 31

the negative does not cancel. so it is -5/3

Answer 32

because im getting -5/-3 so would it change to positive?

Answer 33

5/3 is the correct ans :) good job @chealseaa_grinn

Answer 34

that's what i got before. haha you said it was wrong. xD

Answer 35

oh my bad lol good job you proved me wrong

Answer 36

haha it's okay. thank you both for explaining. i'm so slow with math. >.<

Answer 37

@chealseaa_grinn u doing fine. getting it slow is better than getting it wrong ;)

Answer 38

but yea your correct..

Answer 39

progress is progress no matter what speed thats all that counts

Answer 40

metal? lol