How do you solve $2/3=6/(x+4)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-23T15:15:40

$x = 5$

When you have only one term on each side you can cross multiply.

$2/3 = 6/(x+4)$

$2(x+4) = 3xx6$

$2x+8 =18" "larr$ subtract 8 from each side

$2x = 10" "div 2$

$x = 5$

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