a) \(\dfrac{x-5}{100}+\dfrac{x-4}{101}+\dfrac{x-3}{102}=\dfrac{x-100}{5}+\dfrac{x-101}{4}+\dfrac{x-102}{3}\)
\(\Leftrightarrow\dfrac{x-5}{100}-1+\dfrac{x-4}{101}-1+\dfrac{x-3}{102}-1=\dfrac{x-100}{5}-1+\dfrac{x-101}{4}-1+\dfrac{x-102}{3}-1\)
\(\Leftrightarrow\dfrac{x-105}{100}+\dfrac{x-105}{101}+\dfrac{x-105}{102}-\dfrac{x-105}{5}-\dfrac{x-105}{4}-\dfrac{x-105}{3}=0\)
\(\Leftrightarrow\left(x-105\right)\left(\dfrac{1}{100}+\dfrac{1}{101}+\dfrac{1}{102}-\dfrac{1}{5}-\dfrac{1}{4}-\dfrac{1}{3}\right)=0\)
\(\Leftrightarrow\left(x-105\right)=0;\left(\dfrac{1}{100}+\dfrac{1}{101}+\dfrac{1}{102}-\dfrac{1}{5}-\dfrac{1}{4}-\dfrac{1}{3}\right)\ne0\)
\(\Leftrightarrow x=105\)
b) \(\dfrac{29-x}{21}+\dfrac{27-x}{23}+\dfrac{25-x}{25}+\dfrac{23-x}{27}+\dfrac{21-x}{29}=-5\)
\(\Leftrightarrow\dfrac{29-x}{21}+1+\dfrac{27-x}{23}+1+\dfrac{25-x}{25}+1+\dfrac{23-x}{27}+1+\dfrac{21-x}{29}+1=0\)
\(\Leftrightarrow\dfrac{50-x}{21}+\dfrac{50-x}{23}+\dfrac{50-x}{25}+\dfrac{50-x}{27}+\dfrac{50-x}{29}=0\)
\(\Leftrightarrow\left(50-x\right)\left(\dfrac{1}{29}+\dfrac{1}{27}+\dfrac{1}{25}+\dfrac{1}{23}+\dfrac{1}{21}\right)=0\)
\(\Leftrightarrow50-x=0;\left(\dfrac{1}{29}+\dfrac{1}{27}+\dfrac{1}{25}+\dfrac{1}{23}+\dfrac{1}{21}\right)\ne0\)
\(\Leftrightarrow x=50\)