What is the value of x?

LCM of (2,8,4,3) = 24.

Multiply through by 24.

24[(x–5)/2] + 24[(x–1)/8] = 24[(x–3)/4] +24[(x–4)/3]

12(x–5) + 3(x–1) = 6(x–3) + 8(x–4)

12x – 60 + 3x – 3 = 6x – 18 + 8x – 32

12x + 3x – 6x – 8x = –18 – 32 + 3 + 60

x = 13✅

the mistake in the pattern is that :

b. the decimal point was moved one too many place values each time

the correct pattern could be made by :

b. moving the decimal point to the right the same numbers of place values as the exponents

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