document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=68527>Question 68527</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is 5th grade math and I have TOTALLY forgotten how to do this stuff!!! Please try to explain to me how to solve and check this type of a problem, so I can remember how to do this!!!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x/5=20/4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You want to isolate the \"x\" on one side of the equal sign.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The \"5\" is in the way and it is in the denominator.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply both sides by 5; that way you will cancel the 5 in the denominator.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5(x/5) = 5(20/4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The 5's cancel on the left of the equal sign.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The common factor of 4 cancels on the right of the equal sign.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You are left with:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=5*5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=25<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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