brmonahan5 brmonahan5
  • 02-01-2020
  • Mathematics
contestada

1/x + 1/3x =6 how do you solve this equation for x

Respuesta :

marcthemathtutor
marcthemathtutor marcthemathtutor
  • 02-01-2020

Answer:

x = 2/9 (or = 0.222)

Step-by-step explanation:

1/x + 1/(3x) =6  (multiply both sides by 3x)

(1/x) (3x)  + [1/(3x)](3x) =6 (3x)

3 + 1 = 18x

4 = 18x

x = 4/18

x = 2/9 (or = 0.222)

Answer Link

Otras preguntas

What is the fewest number of states necessary to win an election?
What was the name of the first child born to the executor of the will of the man considered the father of humanism?
how many points in volleyball do you need to win?
you are running in a 26-mile race. You have run 17 miles so far. What is the ratio of the miles you have left to the total number of miles in the race?
What surprised the British at bunker hill?
Why is our ability to know know and describe God limited?
A woman who is a carrier of hemophilia marries a man affected with hemophilia. what percentage of their sons and daughters is expected to have hemophilia?
Marshall walks 2 miles in 2/3 of an hour. how many miles can he walk in one hour
Please answer number 6
Why did Jefferson and his Democratic Republican party oppose policies that favored manufacturing and trade? The Democratic Republicans felt they posed a threat