Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Solve the following:
`8/x = 5/(x - 1)`
Advertisements
Solution
Given, `8/x = 5/(x - 1)`
⇒ 8(x – 1) = 5x ...[By cross-multiplication]
⇒ 8x – 8 = 5x
⇒ 8x – 5x = 8 ...[Transposing 5x to LHS and – 8 to RHS]
⇒ 3x = 8
⇒ `(3x)/3 = 8/3` ...[Dividing both sides by 3]
∴ `x = 8/3`
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Sum of two numbers is 95. If one exceeds the other by 15, find the numbers.
Solve the following equation and check your result:
2x − 1 = 14 − x
If 8x – 3 = 25 + 17x, then x is ______.
If `15/8 - 7x = 9`, then `-7x = 9 + 15/8`
If `x/3 + 1 = 7/15`, then `x/3 = 6/15`
Two numbers differ by 40, when each number is increased by 8, the bigger becomes thrice the lesser number. If one number is x, then the other number is (40 – x).
Solve the following:
`(2x - 1)/5 = (3x + 1)/3`
Solve the following:
`3x - (x - 2)/3 = 4 - (x - 1)/4`
Solve the following:
`(5x + 1)/(2x) = - 1/3`
Solve the following:
`m - (m - 1)/2 = 1 - (m - 2)/3`
