Daysha S.

asked • 07/23/13

4x-3/5x (nonpermissaible)

hey im tring to get help for algebra i really need this to graurated nxt mouth please helpppppppp............

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Nataliya D. answered • 07/23/13

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Note:

Even if you don't assume that some parentheses are missing, the result is still the same.

Either way:
(4x-3) / 5x     or     4x - (3/5x)
You wind up with 5x as a denominator and you can't divide by zero, so x=0 is not allowed.   :-)

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