Answer:
A. The number of days Harrison has read since he started the project.
9 ÷ (5/8)
9 multiplied by the reciprocal of 5/8 which is 8/5
9 * (8/5)
72/5 (ANSWER)
The easiest way, I think, is to convert the mixed number into an improper fraction, then multiply by 3.
3 1/2 = 7/2
7/2 · 3 = 21/2
now just change the improper fraction back to a mixed number by dividing and putting the remainder into fraction form
21/2 = 10 1/2
You could also multiply the whole number by 3 and the fraction by 3, ending up with 9 3/2, but then have to convert the improper fraction into a mixed number
3/2 = 1 1/2
then add the numbers together
9 + 1 1/2 = 10 1/2
either way works, whatever is easiest for you.
Answer:
x = -4y/7 + 51/7
Step-by-step explanation:
First, you add all the numbers without variables and are on the same side.
7x - 4 + 4y + 8 = 55
Then you do the opposite sign (for example the opposite of addition is subtraction) of the two numbers without variables on the left side to add them to the right side(what you do on one side of the equation you must do on the other.
4x - 4 + 4 + 4y + 8 - 8 = 55 + 4 - 8
4x + 4y = 51
Then you get the x by itself by doing the same thing you did with the last step by this time with 4y. Because this has a variable, you don't add it onto the 51, but add as a different number.
4x + 4y - 4y = 51 - 4y
4x = -4y + 51
Now to isolate the x, you divide 4x by 4.
4x/4 = -4y/7 + 51/7
x = -4y/7 + 51/7
Your answer is x = -4y/7 + 51/7
