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5x=\frac{5}{3}x+20\left(\frac{2}{3}x-\frac{1}{4}\right)
Multiply \frac{1}{3} and 5 to get \frac{5}{3}.
5x=\frac{5}{3}x+20\times \frac{2}{3}x+20\left(-\frac{1}{4}\right)
Use the distributive property to multiply 20 by \frac{2}{3}x-\frac{1}{4}.
5x=\frac{5}{3}x+\frac{20\times 2}{3}x+20\left(-\frac{1}{4}\right)
Express 20\times \frac{2}{3} as a single fraction.
5x=\frac{5}{3}x+\frac{40}{3}x+20\left(-\frac{1}{4}\right)
Multiply 20 and 2 to get 40.
5x=\frac{5}{3}x+\frac{40}{3}x+\frac{20\left(-1\right)}{4}
Express 20\left(-\frac{1}{4}\right) as a single fraction.
5x=\frac{5}{3}x+\frac{40}{3}x+\frac{-20}{4}
Multiply 20 and -1 to get -20.
5x=\frac{5}{3}x+\frac{40}{3}x-5
Divide -20 by 4 to get -5.
5x=15x-5
Combine \frac{5}{3}x and \frac{40}{3}x to get 15x.
5x-15x=-5
Subtract 15x from both sides.
-10x=-5
Combine 5x and -15x to get -10x.
x=\frac{-5}{-10}
Divide both sides by -10.
x=\frac{1}{2}
Reduce the fraction \frac{-5}{-10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out -5.