Question

show me the steps to solving this problem?
3k/5+44=12k/25+8

Answer 1

multiply each term by 25, the common denominator, to clean up the fractions

15k + 1100 = 12k + 200
3k = -900
k = -300

check:
3(-300)/5 + 44 = -136
12(-300)/25 + 8 = -136

Yeah!