Question

X/5=a for x show work

Answer 1

This is what we have:


`(x)/(5) =a`

what we want is for x to "stand alone": for this, we need to get rid of this 5. we can do this by multiplying both sides of the equation by 5:


`(x*5)/(5) =a*5`

if we both divide and mupliply the first numebr by 5, it just means 1, so we can skip it:


`x =5a`