Solve for X
6
-------- = X
2(1+2)
6 = 2(1+2)X
6 = 6X
1 = X
That's good, doctor, but the confusion in the way it's expressed is how much would go in the denomiator position.
6 6
------- or ---(1+2)
2(1+2) 2
Gary,
You have solved for x in your first equation,
6
-------- = X
2(1+2)
Written as you have it and performing the operation in the parenthesis becomes
6
----- =X , at this point, since this is written as a fraction, I would complete the multiplication in the denominator
2(3)
6
-- =X, X=1.
6
but 6/2(1+2), would go 6/2(3), 3(3)=9.
