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\frac{5}{4}x+5,25+7,25x=8
Add 7,25x to both sides.
\frac{17}{2}x+5,25=8
Combine \frac{5}{4}x and 7,25x to get \frac{17}{2}x.
\frac{17}{2}x=8-5,25
Subtract 5,25 from both sides.
\frac{17}{2}x=2,75
Subtract 5,25 from 8 to get 2,75.
x=2,75\times \frac{2}{17}
Multiply both sides by \frac{2}{17}, the reciprocal of \frac{17}{2}.
x=\frac{11}{4}\times \frac{2}{17}
Convert decimal number 2,75 to fraction \frac{275}{100}. Reduce the fraction \frac{275}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 25.
x=\frac{11\times 2}{4\times 17}
Multiply \frac{11}{4} times \frac{2}{17} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.
x=\frac{22}{68}
Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{11\times 2}{4\times 17}.
x=\frac{11}{34}
Reduce the fraction \frac{22}{68} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.