document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=689237>Question 689237</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 3/7x=24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve for x </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "to solve this equation means to get an answer for x. So we want to get the equation in the form x=SOMETHING. So we try to get x alone on one side by doing the following:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 1: Multiply both sides of the equation by 7 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "why does this cancel the 7 on the left?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Anything divided by 1 equals itself (if there are 5 pencils and there is one person there are 5 pencils per person 5/1=5) so 3/1=3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Anything divided by itself equals 1 (if there are 5 pencils and there are 5 people there is 1 pencil per person 5/5 =1) so 7/7=1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now the equation is\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "step 3: divide by 3 on both sides\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "step 4: simplify the left by factoring \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "24 is the same as 2*(12) same as 2*2*(6) same as 2*2*2*3 now we put this in for 24\r<BR>\n" );
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