SOLUTION: 8 times a number is 62

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Question 241770: 8 times a number is 62
Answer by JimboP1977(311) About Me  (Show Source):
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8 times x = 62
OR
8x=62
How do you get x on its own? Well we want to remove the 8. How do we do that? Well the 8 is being multiplied by x. So if we do the opposite (inverse) to both sides we can remove the 8.
So we do %288x%29%2F8+=+%2862%2F8%29
Can you do the last step?
Get back to me if you can't.