document.write( "Question 748950: if n/5=17, which inverse operation will find n? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #455697 by Edwin McCravy(20064) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "The \"5\" is in the denominator and a denominator is\r\n" );
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document.write( "We want to get rid of the DIVIDED \"5\", so there will \r\n" );
document.write( "just be \"n\" left on the left side of the equation.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The opposite operation from DIVISION is MULTIPLICATION.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So if we MULTIPLY the left side by \"5\" it will cancel\r\n" );
document.write( "out the DIVIDED \"5\", and just the \"n\" will be left.\r\n" );
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document.write( "However if we multiply the left side by \"5\", we must\r\n" );
document.write( "also multiply the right side by 5.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we start by writing this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "and we copy it over, putting a MULTIPLIED \"5\" before both sides:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we copy it over cancelling the 5's on the left, like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "and then we copy that over multiplying the right side 5×17 = 85\r\n" );
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document.write( "and we write this last:\r\n" );
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document.write( "The whole thing should look like this:\r\n" );
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