Fraction

Algebra Level 1

15 x + 5 6 = 3 15x + \frac{5}{6} = 3

Find x x that satisfies the equation above.

15 91 \frac {15}{91} 31 13 \frac {31}{13} 13 90 \frac {13}{90} 90 13 \frac {90}{13}

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1 solution

Syed Hamza Khalid
Jul 16, 2017

We can solve this using basics of algebra:

15 x + 5 6 = 3 15x\ +\frac{5}{6}=3

We can find out the value of x from shifting the fraction to the RHS and that divided by 15 is going to be equal to the value of x.

x = ( 3 − 5 6 ) 15 x= \frac{(3 - \frac{5}{6})}{15} )

= 13 90 = \frac{13}{90}

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