Question

5/2x+1/4x=9/4+x

Please help!

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Please check if the original question is meant to be:
(5/2)x+(1/4)x=9/4+x, or perhaps
5x/2 + x/4 = 9/4 + x

If that's the case, we proceed to isolate terms containing x on the left, and constants on the right to get
5x/2 + x/4 -x = 9/4
(5/2+1/4-1)x = 9/4
(5/4)x = 9/4
x = 9/4 * (4/5)

Can you take it from here?

Answer 3

This was written the first way. Do you still calculate the same way? Thanks for the help!

Answer 4

Yes, both ways I have written give the same result.

I was afraid that it was:
5/(2x)+1/(4x)=9/4+x
in which case it would involve solving a quadratic equation.