SOLUTION: Can you please help me with this question? A student began solving the equation x^3/5=5 by cubing each side. What will the student have to do next? What could have the student d

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A student began solving the equation x^3/5=5 by cubing each side. What will the student have to do next? What could have the student done to solve the equation in just one step?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Not just one step.

Maybe one step if first step is done in ones head and the next one done on paper.


Answer by MathTherapy(10551)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Can you please help me with this question?
A student began solving the equation x^3/5=5 by cubing each side. What will the student have to do next? What could have the student done to solve the equation in just one step?




 ------ Cubing each side, as student did

 ------- Next step

All this doesn't make any sense. Did the student cube each side, or took the CUBE ROOT of each side?



Correct solution:



 ------ Cross-multiplying

 

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