document.write( "Question 1178795: With the known value in the denominator,
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\n" ); document.write( "1.38/x = .036 and solve for x.
\n" ); document.write( "1.38 = .036x
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If compute left side, using windows calculator, 0.03666312 versus 0.036,
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