Jonas solved an equation incorrectly, as shown below:

Step 1: 8x = 56
Step 2: x = 56(8)
Step 3: x = 7

Which statement best explains why Step 2 is incorrect in Jonas’s solution?

Question

Jonas solved an equation incorrectly, as shown below: 

Step 1: 8x = 56
Step 2: x = 56(8) 
Step 3: x = 7

Which statement best explains why Step 2 is incorrect in Jonas’s solution?

anonymous · Answer

Well whatever you do on one side you must do the opposite on the other.

anonymous · Answer

Technically it's 8 times x is equals to 56

anonymous · Answer

You need to do the opposite function on the other side which is divide

anonymous · Answer

So yeah that's why.

bringmethehorizon_ · Answer

He did not divide 56 by 8?

anonymous · Answer

Yeah!

bringmethehorizon_ · Answer

Thanks :)

amorfide · Answer

make a word problem

you started with a number x, you have 8 of this number, and you end up with 56

you know you must do the opposite
so we go backwards, 
step 1 start with 56
step 2 you do the opposite to multiply, which is divide by 8
step 3 gives you x, 56/8=x

in the given example, he divided by 8 on the left side but multiplied by 8 on the right side
you must be consistent