Solve for the variable

How do you solve for x?

a - c 
-------- = m
x - a

a - c = m(x - a) {multiplied both sides by x - a}
a - c = mx - ma {used distributive property}
a - c + ma = mx {added ma to both sides}

a - c + ma
--------------- = x {divided both sides by m}
     m


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