How do you solve \frac { 1x } { 2} = 5?

1 Answer
Mar 18, 2018

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

First, we can rewrite the equation as:

x/2 = 5

Now, we can multiply each side of the equation by color(red)(2) to solve for x while keeping the equation balanced:

color(red)(2) xx x/2 = color(red)(2) xx 5

cancel(color(red)(2)) xx x/color(red)(cancel(color(black)(2))) = 10

x = 10