Answer
-10/3, 3
Work Step by Step
Using the rules of Algebra, it follows:
6/x + 8/(x+5) = 3
6(x+5)+8x = 3x(x+5)
$14x + 5 = 3x^2+15x$
$3x^2+x-30=0$
(3x+10)(x-3)=0
x = -10/3 or 3
Algebra and Trigonometry 10th Edition
by Larson, Ron
Published by
Cengage Learning
ISBN 10:
9781337271172
ISBN 13:
978-1-33727-117-2
Chapter 1 - Review Exercises - Page 154: 92
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