SOLUTION: Your friend evaluates (10-k) / 5 for k = 5, and gets 9 for an answer. Explain your friends error.

SOLUTION: Your friend evaluates (10-k) / 5 for k = 5, and gets 9 for an answer. Explain your friends error.

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: Your friend evaluates (10-k) / 5 for k = 5, and gets 9 for an answer. Explain your friends error. This question is from textbook pre-algebra

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(10-k) / 5
10-k/5
Let k=5, then
10-5/5
=10-1
=9
Cheers,
Stan H.
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