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Asked by Andrea

Cross multiplication

20+x = 6
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x 5 Idk how
to solve this with 2 x's
10 years ago

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Answered by Reiny
I will assume you meant
(20+x)/x = 6/5
(those brackets are essential)

now cross-multiply ...
6x = 100 + 5x
x = 100
10 years ago

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