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Y=5/x. Make x the subject of the formula

User Nikhil Savaliya
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Answer:

x=5/y

Explanation:

y=5/x

cross multiplying

yx=5

x=5/y

User Joshua Green
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Solve in terms of x.


y=(5)/(x)

Multiply by x on both sides to remove it from the denominator.

xy =5

Divide by y to get x by itself


x=(5)/(y)