SOLUTION: Show how to use the cancellation idea to simplify the equation. 1/2x = 4

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Question 1057175: Show how to use the cancellation idea to simplify the equation.
1/2x = 4
Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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%281%2F2%29x = 4.

Multiply both sides by 2 to get x = 8.

Or divide both sides by the factor 1%2F2 to get the same.

Cancel the factor 1%2F2 in both sides, in other words.

It is how the cancellation idea works.