Question

1/15.999=x/54.5 Does anyone know what to do? I keep getting the answer wrong.

Answer 1

Hello!

First, let's write the problem.
$\frac{1}{15.999}=\frac{x}{54.5}$
Let's switch sides now, otherwise, we are going to end up doing it later.
$\frac{x}{54.5}=\frac{1}{15.999}$
Multiply both sides by 54.5.
$\frac{x}{54.5} *54.5 =\frac{1}{15.999}*54.5$
We could also rewrite that as,
$\frac{54.5x}{54.5}=\frac{1\cdot \:54.5}{15.999}$
Simplify.
$\frac{54.5x}{54.5}=x$
$\frac{1\cdot \:54.5}{15.999}=\frac{54.5}{15.999}$
$x=3.40646\dots$
That would be our final answer, we could round it to.
x ≈ 3.40

You can feel free to let me know if you have any questions regarding this!
Thanks!

- TetraFish

Answer 2

Hi Ballentinesavannah I'm going to show u my work of how I got the answer.

0.062504 = x/54.5
0.062504 * 54.5 = x
3.406463 = x
switch it

Answer: x = 3.406463

In order to get the answer I will explain it to u step by step : simplify 1/15.999 to 0.062504, multiply both sides by 54.5, then multiply 0.062504 * 54.5 so it can equal 3.406463.