y-5x=0

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y-5x=0

anonymous · Answer

What are you solving for?

anonymous · Answer

If you're solving for y, then isolate it.
y = 5x
Which means y is 1/5th of x.
If you're solving for x, then isolate it.
5x = y
x = y / 5
Which means that x is 5 times larger than y.

mathmale · Answer

@jcpd910 :  Better check that "x is 5 times larger than y."  I think not.

@lewpiper7885:  Please include the directions that usually come with each problem.  In this case, you might want to type, "solve y-5x=0 for x,":  OR  "solve y-5x for y."  Which do you mean?

anonymous · Answer

Oops, thanks for catching that @mathmale 
it takes 1 x to = 1/5 y, so y is five times larger, and x is one fifth of y.

goformit100 · Answer

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