Question

Gabriel wants to solve the equation 5/8m = 25. What step should he do to get m by itself on one side of the equation?

Answer 1

well I would try to get m by itself 

Answer 2

If your question is like this

`(5)/(8m) =25`

then first you should reverse the sides, right to left, left to right

`25= (5)/(8m)`

Move 8m to the left side. Because in the right side 8m is denominator, after moved to the left side it become the numerator

`25(8m)=5`

Simplify

`200m = 5`

Move 200 to the right side. Because in the left side 200 is numerator, after moved to the right side it become the denominator

`m = (5)/(200)`