## snowballhockey 2 years ago 12/4= /5 wat is the blank

1. UnkleRhaukus

15

2. Preetha

UnkleRhaukus, it may help her if you explained how you arrived at that solution.

3. Directrix

12/4 = x / 5 4x = 60 x = 15

4. Preetha

And does that make sense Snowball? Are you able to do one on your own? Thanks Directrix.

5. snowballhockey

i think u multiply 12 and 5 and then get answer that doesn' tmake sence

6. Preetha

Ok, I see. When you have an equation, you can do the same thing on both sides, it remains an equation. So if you add 10 to the right hand side, you can add 10 to the left hand side and it will still be an equation. With me?

7. Preetha

Now, we are trying to find out what is the number that is above 5, so we represent the blank by a x.

8. Preetha

The next step is to simplify it. We want all the terms with x on one side of the = and all the terms without x on the other side.

9. MSMR

I would cross multiply.

10. snowballhockey

i am with msmer

11. UnkleRhaukus

$12/4=3$ $x/5=3$$x=15$

12. Preetha

Multiply both sides by 5. On the left you have, 5 x (12/4) and on the other side you have 5 x (x/4) What do you get then ? What happens when you multiply 5 into x/4

13. MSMR

This means: $\frac{12}{4} = \frac{x}{5}$ To cross multiply, you multiply the numerator of one fraction with the denominator of the other fraction.

14. Preetha

I like Unkle's solution as well.

15. MSMR

5*12 = 4*x

16. UnkleRhaukus

why do it the hard way for?

17. MSMR

60 = 4x

18. MSMR

x = 15

19. snowballhockey

GIVE ME THE EASY WAY ONE STEP AT A TIME OK DRAW IT

20. Preetha

Ok, snowball, go back to my last post, Are you with me?

21. snowballhockey

no draw it

22. MSMR

unklerhaukus: for this particular problem, your solution would be easier because 12/4 simplifies to 3. However, in a case such as 13/4 where it does not simplify into a nice number, cross multiplying will be much easier - I thought it would be good to show snowballhockey how to set that up.

23. Preetha

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24. MSMR

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25. Preetha

MSMR's does look better.

26. snowballhockey

i getthe 60 part then after that u simplfy that with 5

27. Preetha

Yes.

28. Preetha

So you have three ways to do this. All are correct. You need to understand what Unkle did, what MSMR did and what I showed you. Can you try one on your own? We will help

29. snowballhockey

um ok

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