Solve the equation for the specified variable. See Example.
Solve: for x.
Solution To clear this equation of fractions, we multiply both sides of the equation by xyz, the LCD of and .
Notice the two terms that contain the specified variable x.
Next, we subtract xz from both sides so that all terms containing the specified variable x are on one side of the equation and all other terms are on the other side.
yz = xy − xz
Now we use the distributive property to factor x from xy − xz and then the multiplication property of equality to solve for x.