SOLUTION: x/7=5 what does the variable equal?

Question 18214: x/7=5 what does the variable equal?
Answer by MelanieBCC(40) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
to solve this equation, you want the variable to be on one side and the constants on the other. to achieve this, use inverse properties. just remember that whatever you do to one side of the equation needs to be done to the other side.
since x is being divided by 7, the inverse is multiplying by 7
we have to do the same thing to the other side of the = sign

which leaves us with
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