By what would you multiply each side of the equation ax=27 to solve x

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Aiden Mercer

10 August, 19:38

By what would you multiply each side of the equation ax=27 to solve x

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Melvin Baldwin · Answer 1

Melvin Baldwin 10 August, 21:49

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- its explained well on top

Harper Blair · Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

ax = 27 ... I would normally solve this by division ... but it says multiply ... so multiply both sides by 1/a

example:

3x = 27 ... multiply both sides by 1/3

1/3 (3/1) x = 27 * 1/3

x = 27/3 which reduces to 9

u have to multiply by the reciprocal of a to get rid of a