How do you solve #(x - 2)/ 3 = 1/ x#?
1 Answer
Apr 10, 2016
Explanation:
Cross Multiply:
Expand:
What we now have is a quadratic equation:
We can now factor this further:
Now we can solve by using the null factor law (that is, determining the numbers that make each bracket =0):
Solution 1:
Therefore, one solution to the equation is
Solution 2:
Therefore, the other solution to the equation is
Therefore,