What is the answer to 2/(x-8)= 1/(x-5) ?

The answer to 2/(x-8)= 1/(x-5) is x=2

English

Español

Português

Français

Deutsch

Italiano

Русский

中文(简体)

한국어

日本語

Tiếng Việt

עברית

العربية

Popular >

2/(x-8)= 1/(x-5)

\frac{2}{x - 8} = \frac{1}{x - 5}

x = 2

Solution steps

\frac{2}{x - 8} = \frac{1}{x - 5}

Cross multiply

2 x - 10 = x - 8

Move

10

to the right side

2 x = x + 2

Move

x

to the left side

x = 2

Verify Solutions

Find undefined (singularity) points:

x = 8, x = 5

Combine undefined points with solutions:

x = 2

y, x = \frac{y - 2}{y - 3}

(\frac{x ^{5}}{x ^{3}})^{2} = x

\frac{2}{9} = \frac{10}{x}

- f (a) = \frac{8 x - 5}{3 x + 4}

\frac{9}{2} = \frac{8}{n + 3}