document.write( "Question 1108549: can some one explain to me in the simplest form what it means to simplify and how to simplify with an add of the following question. l am seriously looking for a tutor for l dont want given answers but a teacher/ tutor to guide me.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Suppose an ice cream costs twice as much as a chocolate. If the ice cream costs x rand, how much, in terms
\n" ); document.write( "of x, does the chocolate cost?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "My answer is x/2\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Here's how it works out using equations:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " x = cost of Ice Cream
\n" ); document.write( " c = cost of Chocolate\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " x = 2c (given)
\n" ); document.write( "The problem asks to find c in terms of x.
\n" ); document.write( "Divide both sides of the equality by 2 (if two things are equal then dividing each by two does not change the equality):
\n" ); document.write( " x/2 = 2c/2
\n" ); document.write( "Simplify by cancelling the 2/2 on the right hand side:
\n" ); document.write( " x/2 = c (your answer)\r
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