do work son
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Originally Posted by usainboltisfast
Originally Posted by do work son
Originally Posted by usainboltisfast
This is where you went wrong. 48/288 = 0.16(repeating)7. 0.16(repeating)7 * 12 = 2
12x= 1/6
you divide both sides by 12 to isolate x, not multiply....
Actually you are right i found the REAL error. You made the division symbol disapear. do we agree that 48 divided variable is the same as 1/48 times the variable? If you are going to remove the divsion symbol you have to change it to 1/48. Not to sure about that but I need to work out the problem.
no,
48÷x == 48 * 1÷x
48÷x =/= 1÷48 * x
the second one would get you x÷48, which is clearly not 48÷x