What Divided by 5 Equals 79?
Methods
Setting up the problem:
In a problem like this, the “what” means that we’re working with a variable. The most common variable used in math is “x”. So, we could say what number, x, when divided by 5, equals 79?
Solving What Divided by 5 Equals 79
Here’s how you would set up this question as an equation:
x
5
=
79
\frac{x}{5} = 79
5 x = 79
The goal of the problem is to solve for x. To do this we need to change the equation so that x is alone on one side of the equation.In this case, we can do that by multiplying both sides of the equation by 5, resulting in this equation:
x
=
79
∗
5
x = 79*5
x = 79 ∗ 5
Then we simplify and find our answer:
x
=
395
x = 395
x = 395
So, the answer to the question “What divided by 5 equals 79?” is 395.To prove this, we can take the original problem:
x
5
=
79
\frac{x}{5} = 79
5 x = 79
And insert 395 in the place of x:
395
5
=
79
\frac{395}{5} = 79
5 395 = 79
Because this is true, the answer must be correct.
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