1. anonymous

2. Mehek14

first subtract 2 - 5

3. Mehek14

@chealseaa_grinn 2-5?

4. anonymous

give me a sec. ill give it a shot

5. anonymous

-3

6. Mehek14

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

7. anonymous

you get that.

8. anonymous

9. anonymous

so then the 3's crosss out?

10. sdfgsdfgs

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.

11. anonymous

and you get 4/x

12. sdfgsdfgs

Not really...on the left hand side... $\frac{ 4 }{ x-3 }\times \frac{ x-3 }{ x-3 }$ what will u get?

13. anonymous

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

14. anonymous

yes.

15. sdfgsdfgs

@atreyu6s3x6 that is correct

16. anonymous

so wouldnt the right side cancel?

17. anonymous

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

18. sdfgsdfgs

no, there is nothing to cancel on the right: 4=-3(x-3) u need to distribute -3 to (x-3) and then simplify...

19. anonymous

@sdfgsdfgs correct

20. anonymous

okay so 4= 3x+9

21. sdfgsdfgs

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

22. anonymous

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

23. anonymous

xo you get -5/3

24. anonymous

almost but it will be a n egative

25. sdfgsdfgs

no again :( 4=-3x+9 -9 on both left and right....

26. anonymous

negative* sorry

27. anonymous

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

28. sdfgsdfgs

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

29. anonymous

yes. then divide by -3

30. anonymous

in which you end up with?

31. anonymous

5/3?

32. anonymous

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

33. anonymous

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

34. sdfgsdfgs

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

35. anonymous

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

36. anonymous

oh my bad lol good job you proved me wrong

37. anonymous

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

38. sdfgsdfgs

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

39. anonymous

40. anonymous

progress is progress no matter what speed thats all that counts

41. anonymous

metal? lol