The second to last statement: he needed to divide both sides of the equation by 5
Since we want to isolate a, which is multiplied to 5, we want to do the opposite which is divide by 5.
The only one I could think of was President Grant. He drove his car too fast and was stopped by a uniformed officer. The officer didn't realize he pulled over the president, but eventually found out. He wanted to drop the charge but couldn't after the president continued to drive improperly. He was arrested and charged with $5 and his car was impounded.
32 ways to change it up some but maybe more
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I posted the steps in my photos for an answer.