## vortish Group Title -3/8x + 1/2 =3/8 solve and check the equation one year ago one year ago

1. JakeV8 Group Title

you have some options... you could start by multiplying everything through by 8... that would get rid of the 8's in the denominators.

2. NY,NY Group Title

or you could subtract by 1/2 on both sides...

3. JakeV8 Group Title

that's also a good first step.

4. vortish Group Title

ok so if i multiplied every thing by 8 we would get 24/8 8/8 or 1 and 24/8 correct

5. mathew0135 Group Title

I agree, subtract by 0.5 on both sides, leaves you with -(1/8). Multiply both sides by 8x and that should do it.

6. Hero Group Title

$-\frac{3x}{8} + \frac{1}{2} =\frac{3}{8}$ $\frac{1}{2} =\frac{3}{8} +\frac{3x}{8}$ $\frac{1}{2} =\frac{3+3x}{8}$ Cross Multiply: 8 = 2(3 + 3x) 8 = 6 + 6x 8 - 6 = 6x 2 = 6x 2/6 = x 1/3 = x

7. vortish Group Title

im not looking for the answer just the steps to come up with the answer 3/8= 3/8 - 1/2

8. Hero Group Title

I provided steps

9. vortish Group Title

hero that makes sense thanks for all the help all of you guys are great wish I understood this stuff better