SOLUTION: Is the expression( 5.2)x equal to the expression 10x? Explain your answer. My daughter has trouble with math. She tries they send no example home.

Question 988708: Is the expression( 5.2)x equal to the expression 10x? Explain your answer.
My daughter has trouble with math. She tries they send no example home.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Are you trying to write 5.2 meaning 5 and two tenths, or are you trying to represent

, meaning 5 times 2?

If you mean 5.2, then the way you wrote it is correct, and the answer to your question is certainly not. 5.2 times x is not even close to 10 times x.

If you mean

, the plain text representation that everyone understands is 5 * 2. In this case, 5 * 2 is 5 times 2 which is 10. Then 10 times x is most certainly equal to 10 times x regardless of what number you have chosen for x.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

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