document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=549029>Question 549029</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> im trying to solve for x. the question is 5 divided by x equals to 25? as in 5/x=25. how would i rearrange that to find x? thanks </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #357415 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mathie123><B>mathie123(224)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mathie123><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=357415\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5%2Fx=25 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5%2Fx=25\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So we have to first get rid of that fraction ( I don't know about you... but I would rather not work with fractions)  To do this, I will multiply both sides by x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5=25x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5=25x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now, we see that we have something multiplied to x, so we must do the opposite of multiplication to get rid of it, which is division:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We can simplify this fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 5<BR>\n" );
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