x= what

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x= what

sleepyjess · Answer

what is the problem?

solomonzelman · Answer

x is a variable, just like v, c, b, s, and so on....

What is your specific problem ?

anonymous · Answer

x divided by 5 minus 2 then 4 x minus 1 =0 what is the value of x

sleepyjess · Answer

x/5-2
4x-1=0
is that correct?

anonymous · Answer

Yes. Then it asks whats the value of x at the end of the question..

sleepyjess · Answer

Not sure about the first one but for the second you would add 1 to each side giving you 4x=1. Do you know what to do next?

anonymous · Answer

Yea I think so...not too sure

sleepyjess · Answer

What do you think you would do next for the second equation?

anonymous · Answer

Divide x minuse 2 ??

sleepyjess · Answer

For the second one you would divide each side by 4 giving you x=1/4.

sleepyjess · Answer

are there answer choices or anything?

anonymous · Answer

yes x=2 x=4 x=0 and x=1

sleepyjess · Answer

The first one doesn't say x/5-2=? or anything?

anonymous · Answer

yes but its all as  one problem

anonymous · Answer

but thats how it starts

sleepyjess · Answer

is it like a system of equations?

anonymous · Answer

yes

sleepyjess · Answer

@mathmale can you help us?

mathmale · Answer

Hello!  

I'm going back to the beginning.  @sleepyjess kindly typed out her interpretation of the math problem you @keosha described:

x/5-2
4x-1=0
is that correct?

Again I ask you to check that you've described the given problem correctly and that the equations above are OK.  

x/5-2 is not an equation and can thus not be solved.  Did you mean x/5 = 2 ?

This cannot be just one problem, if you have two equations in only one unknown (x).

Once I have clarification from you on all of this, I'd be glad to help.