I do not get it What 4/5=1/x+4 how do I solve please explain
step by step my instructions suck first arrange so that 1/x is
on one side of the quation like so:Originally Posted by sorch
1/x = 4/5 - 4 Then simplify the right hand side like so: 1/x =
4/5 - 20/5 1/x = -16/5 Then invert both sides x/1 = -5/16 x =
-5/16, plug it in to the equation to be sure of your answer:
Here is one way. It is my favorite way in dealing with
fractions. I assume that is 4/5 = 1/x +4 ----(i) [Not 4/5 =
1/(x+4) ----(ii)] There are two fractions in (i): 4/5 and 1/x. I
always clear/remove/eliminate fractions as my first move. To
"clear/remove/eliminate" here means to make all terms in whole
numbers, or no more fractions. For me, it is easier to play with
whole numbers than with fractions. To clear the fractions,
multiply both sides of the equation by a common multiplier. This
common multiplier is the product (multiplication) of all the
denominators, as long as no denominator is a repeater in the
common multiplier. The two denominato