Question

3.4 times m = 20 What is "m" equal to. Please explain how you solved it.

Answer 1

Answer m=100/17=5.882
How to solve it  1) Rearrange ( Make the decimal a fraction) (34/10)*m-20
                            2) Simplify 17/5
                         3) Equation at the end of step two (17/5*m)-20=0
                     4) Subtract a whole from a fraction 20=20/1=20*5/5
   5) Add fractions to have common denomintators 17m-(20*5)/5 = 17m-100/5
6) When the fraction equals zero 17m-100/5*5=0*5
7) Single variable solution 17m-100=0  /17m=100