Solve: x - 5/8 = 3/4.

1. To isolate x, add five-eighths to both sides using the Addition Property of Equality. 2. Rewrite three-fourths with a denominator of 8: three-fourths equals six-eighths. 3. Add the fractions on the right: six-eighths plus five-eighths equals eleven-eighths. 4. The solution is x equals eleven-eighths, and checking confirms eleven-eighths minus five-eighths equals six-eighths, which equals three-fourths. _Source: OpenStax Elementary Algebra (CC BY 4.0), Ch 2 "Solving Linear Equations and Inequalities", section 2.1 Solve Equations Using the Subtraction and Addition Properties of Equality_