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  • 09-01-2018
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  • 10-01-2018
Solve this by setting up and solving an equation of ratios:

  8           3x
------ = ---------
6+8        2x-2

Cross-multiplying, we get  16x - 16 = 42x

Combining like terms, we get  -16 = 26x.  Then   x = -8/13
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