Solve by Factoring 1/(6x^2)=1/(3x^2)-1/x

$\frac{1}{6 x^{2}} = \frac{1}{3 x^{2}} - \frac{1}{x}$

Step 1

Move all the expressions to the left side of the equation.

Subtract $\frac{1}{3 x^{2}}$ from both sides of the equation.

$\frac{1}{6 x^{2}} - \frac{1}{3 x^{2}} = - \frac{1}{x}$

Add $\frac{1}{x}$ to both sides of the equation.

$\frac{1}{6 x^{2}} - \frac{1}{3 x^{2}} + \frac{1}{x} = 0$

Step 2

Simplify $\frac{1}{6 x^{2}} - \frac{1}{3 x^{2}} + \frac{1}{x}$ .

To write $- \frac{1}{3 x^{2}}$ as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by $\frac{2}{2}$ .

$\frac{1}{6 x^{2}} - \frac{1}{3 x^{2}} \cdot \frac{2}{2} + \frac{1}{x} = 0$

Write each expression with a common denominator of $6 x^{2}$ , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of $1$ .

Multiply $\frac{1}{3 x^{2}}$ by $\frac{2}{2}$ .

$\frac{1}{6 x^{2}} - \frac{2}{3 x^{2} \cdot 2} + \frac{1}{x} = 0$

Multiply $2$ by $3$ .

$\frac{1}{6 x^{2}} - \frac{2}{6 x^{2}} + \frac{1}{x} = 0$

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$\frac{1 - 2}{6 x^{2}} + \frac{1}{x} = 0$

Subtract $2$ from $1$ .

$\frac{- 1}{6 x^{2}} + \frac{1}{x} = 0$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$- \frac{1}{6 x^{2}} + \frac{1}{x} = 0$

Step 3

To write $\frac{1}{x}$ as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by $\frac{6 x}{6 x}$ .

$- \frac{1}{6 x^{2}} + \frac{1}{x} \cdot \frac{6 x}{6 x} = 0$

Step 4

Write each expression with a common denominator of $6 x^{2}$ , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of $1$ .

Multiply $\frac{1}{x}$ by $\frac{6 x}{6 x}$ .

$- \frac{1}{6 x^{2}} + \frac{6 x}{x (6 x)} = 0$

Raise $x$ to the power of $1$ .

$- \frac{1}{6 x^{2}} + \frac{6 x}{6 (x \cdot x)} = 0$

Raise $x$ to the power of $1$ .

$- \frac{1}{6 x^{2}} + \frac{6 x}{6 (x \cdot x)} = 0$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$- \frac{1}{6 x^{2}} + \frac{6 x}{6 x^{1 + 1}} = 0$

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$- \frac{1}{6 x^{2}} + \frac{6 x}{6 x^{2}} = 0$

Step 5

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$\frac{- 1 + 6 x}{6 x^{2}} = 0$

Step 6

Set the numerator equal to zero.

$- 1 + 6 x = 0$

Step 7

Solve the equation for $x$ .

Add $1$ to both sides of the equation.

$6 x = 1$

Divide each term in $6 x = 1$ by $6$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $6 x = 1$ by $6$ .

$\frac{6 x}{6} = \frac{1}{6}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $6$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{6 x}{6} = \frac{1}{6}$

Divide $x$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{1}{6}$

Solve by Factoring 1/(6x^2)=1/(3x^2)-1/x

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