SOLUTION: Can you please with this problem? Your friend evaluates (10-k)/5 for k= 5 and gets 9 for an answer. Explain your friends error. I think the answer is 1 because 10-k which is

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Question 483927: Can you please with this problem? Your friend evaluates (10-k)/5 for k= 5 and gets 9 for an answer. Explain your friends error.
I think the answer is 1 because 10-k which is 5 = 5 and then 5/5 = 1. I dont understand how you would get 9.
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Can you please with this problem? Your friend evaluates (10-k)/5 for k= 5 and gets 9 for an answer. Explain your friends error.
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10 - (5/5) = 9