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 November 18th, 2015, 09:03 AM #1 Newbie   Joined: Oct 2014 From: In the sea Posts: 15 Thanks: 1 Solving for x I'm lost here: 11.6 = (14x + 60)/(x+6) how can I find x with this equation ?? Any help appreciated !
November 18th, 2015, 09:48 AM   #2
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 Originally Posted by amphinomos I'm lost here: 11.6 = (14x + 60)/(x+6) how can I find x with this equation ?? Any help appreciated !
$11.6(x+6) = 14x+60$

distribute the left side, combine like terms, isolate x to solve

remember $x \ne -6$

November 18th, 2015, 10:09 AM   #3
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 Originally Posted by amphinomos 11.6 = (14x + 60)/(x+6)
$\displaystyle 11.6 = \dfrac{14x+60}{x+6} ,\ \ the\ denominator\ can\ not\ be\ zero : \ \ x+6 \ne 0 \ \Longrightarrow x \ne -6 \\\;\\ \dfrac{116}{10}=\dfrac{14x+60}{x+6},\ \ then \\\;\\ 116(x+6) = 10(14x+60)$

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