3 years ago

When solving the equation such as 3/5x=1/9, why would you multiply both sides of the equation by the reciprocal of 3/5?

1 answer:

6 0

Because the <span>reciprocal is the opposite so it would be canceling out one side while moving it to the other. It's kind of like dividing by 3/5</span>

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