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Solve for $x$, given that $a, b$, and $c$ are real numbers and $c \neq 0$ :$$\frac{a}{x}-\frac{b}{x}=c$$
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Since they have the same denominator, we can simply subtract the numerators: $$ \frac{a-b}{x} = c $$ Show more…
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