document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=358047>Question 358047</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do I write and solve an equation for:  the number of elephants at the circus was 2/5 of the number of horses.  If there were 16 elephants, how many horses were there?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Is the equation 2/5x = 16?  How do I solve it?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<i>\"Is the equation 2/5x = 16?\"</i>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Maybe.  It depends on whether 2/5x = 16 means <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \frac{2}{5}x\ =\ 16\"> (the right way) or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \frac{2}{5x}\ =\ 16\"> (the wrong way).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(2/5)x = 16 translates to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \frac{2}{5}x\ =\ 16\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2/(5x) = 16 translates to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \frac{2}{5x}\ =\ 16\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2/5x = 16 is ambiguous.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Presuming you meant to write (2/5)x = 16, just multiply both sides by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \frac{5}{2}\"> to solve.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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