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Henry earned $25 this is 5 times as much as what lily earned how much did lily earn..write a equation to find the unknown number use a symbol for the unknown

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25 divided by 5 = 5 I don't know what else to really explain it just divide of the amount that Henry got by 5 because your working backwards
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well 25=5x (x is unknown) then make it into into x=5 because you divide both sides by 5.
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