You CAN have a variable in the denominator
1/x=1 is a simple example. The answer is x=1.
The other is 10/x=2
x=5.
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A fraction.
It's the same as if you have anything else in the denominator. You can multiply both sides by the squared variable. Example (using "^" for "power"): a = 1 / b^2 Multiply both sides by b^2: Step 1: a b^2 = b^2 / b^2 Step 2: a b^2 = 1
A polynomial.
Any value of x which causes the denominator to equal zero. It's kind of vague, but if you mean the denominator to be (x raised to the 4th power), then x=0 must be excluded. If you mean (x + 4) then x=-4 will make the denominator equal zero, and if you mean (x-4) then x=4 will make it zero.
if you have a variable in a fraction and want it by itself you have to rearrange the equation e.g. 2x/1=1 to get the variable by itself you first need to get rid of the fraction SO... you multiply both sides by the denominator (in this case it's 1) so you end up with 2x=1 to get the variable alone you then need to get rid of the coefficient, which in this case is 2. To get rid of this coefficient you need to divide both sides by two (because the variable is multiplied by 2) so then you end up with 2x/2=1/2 We can then simplify to x=1/2.