Help please

[fleet heart]

need help question 18 a

[blissful osprey]

Multiply both sides by x.

[fleet heart]

okay

what do you mean by both sides

[blissful osprey]

...both sides... of the equation...

How did you get to 18a without knowing to do that?

[fleet heart]

i dont understand what you mean

7 and 0

?

[tepid yarrow]

(2/x + 7/4) * x = 0 * x

[chilly venture]

you can simplify the fraction using cross multiplication method also

[tepid yarrow]

yea that's another alternative

[fleet heart]

could you like write it out on a paper or online paint tool thingy

i understand it throught seeing it

easier

[white fossil]

Ask ChatGPT

[tepid yarrow]

you don't understand this? @fleet heart

[fleet heart]

i dont understand all the symbols ur using i understand it whens it written out

on like paper

[blissful osprey]

...what symbols don't you understand? These are all pretty standard.

[fleet heart]

like the symbols on the keyboard

[tepid yarrow]

" * " means multiply

[fleet heart]

its easier if u like use over

and stuff

[blissful osprey]

Which specific symbols don't you understand?

[fleet heart]

the /

[blissful osprey]

...that just means divide by.

[chilly venture]

multiply everything by x on both sides