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288=500\left(1-190x\right)+4800x
Multiply both sides of the equation by 48.
288=500-95000x+4800x
Use the distributive property to multiply 500 by 1-190x.
288=500-90200x
Combine -95000x and 4800x to get -90200x.
500-90200x=288
Swap sides so that all variable terms are on the left hand side.
-90200x=288-500
Subtract 500 from both sides.
-90200x=-212
Subtract 500 from 288 to get -212.
x=\frac{-212}{-90200}
Divide both sides by -90200.
x=\frac{53}{22550}
Reduce the fraction \frac{-212}{-90200} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out -4.