How do you evaluate $(5wx)/z$ if w=6, x=0.4, y=1/2, z=-3?

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Answer 1 · 2017-05-20T13:44:50

See a solution process below:

To evaluate this expression substitute:

$color(red)(6)$ for $color(red)(w)$

$color(blue)(0.4)$ for $color(blue)(x)$

$color(green)(-3)$ for $color(green)(z)$

$y$ is extraneous and not needed for this problem.

Substituting and calculating gives:

$(5color(red)(w)color(blue)(x))/color(green)(z)$ becomes:

$(5 xx color(red)(6) xx color(blue)(0.4))/color(green)(-3) => (30 xx color(blue)(0.4))/color(green)(-3) => 12/color(green)(-3) => -4$

How do you evaluate (5wx)/z(5wx)/z if w=6, x=0.4, y=1/2, z=-3?