Something I am confused about: When you say to ‘do’ the equation, I assumed that you meant to solve for x. Is that what you meant or did you mean to simplify the equation? Or does that amount to the same thing in this case? I feel a bit out of my depth here.
I can rearrange simpler equations to make x the subject like y = 3x + 4 is (y-4)/3 = x.
Is the equation 5x+20=x/3 that far beyond that? Why is 5x+20=3/x harder?
What I think I know about the problem:
It is a polynomial (many-termed) equation
It is a linear equation