SOLUTION: im trying to solve for x. the question is 5 divided by x equals to 25? as in 5/x=25. how would i rearrange that to find x? thanks

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Question 549029: im trying to solve for x. the question is 5 divided by x equals to 25? as in 5/x=25. how would i rearrange that to find x? thanks
Answer by mathie123(224) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5%2Fx=25
So we have to first get rid of that fraction ( I don't know about you... but I would rather not work with fractions) To do this, I will multiply both sides by x
x%2A%285%2Fx%29=x%2A25
5=25x
Now, we see that we have something multiplied to x, so we must do the opposite of multiplication to get rid of it, which is division:
5%2F25=25x%2F25
5%2F25=x
We can simplify this fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 5
x=1%2F5