Question

How do you divide 5x by 10

Answer 1

How to divide 5x by 10

Let's write this out as a fraction with 5x as the numerator and 10 as the denominator

$\dfrac{5x}{10}$

10 is the same as 5*2

$\dfrac{5x}{5*2}$

Both the numerator have a multiply of 5, you can remove the 5 from the fraction

$\dfrac{x}{2}$

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