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How do you solve $3x+x/3=5$ ?

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Aug 4, 2016

$x=3/2$

Explanation:

$3x+x/3=5$
or
$x(3+1/3)=5$
or
$x(10/3)=5$
or
$x=15/10$
or
$x=3/2$

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