document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=421453>Question 421453</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you solve the equation 5/2r=5? I tried it out on paper and got 1/2 because I made the 5 cancel out and they are equal to one when I do so, but I when I put it into the algebra solver it said it was equal to 2 and the example of how the problem was broken down was terribly confusing. Help please? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "--- = 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5 = 10r {multiplied both sides by 2r}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r = 1/2 {divided both sides by 10}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "When you put it in the solver, it probably read it as this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(5/2)r = 5 {five-halves times r equals 5, rather than 5 over 2r equals 5}<BR>\n" );
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