Question

40 equals 1/2 times P what is p

Answer 1

Well this equation should look like 40=1/2p this means we have to get p by itself inorder to do that we have to divide p and 40 by 1/2 or 0.5. why divide well because in order to get rid of a multplication you have to divide and why do it to both sides because everything you do to one side you have to do to the other when you divide 40 by 0.5 you get 80, no if you want a fraction you will have to set 40 over 1 to get a fraction as well to be able to simplifyit this gives you 40/1 divided by 1/2 find a common dinominator for 1 and 2 well it can be 2 so lets multiply 1 times 2 to get 2 and 20 times 2 to get 80 now we have 80/2 and 1/2 now multiply them to get 80/2. now when you divide this does it give you 40?? it does so we have found the right answer

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