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OpenStudy (ebayminer126):

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OpenStudy (francesca_marie):

2/5

OpenStudy (will.h):

(1/4)x = 5/8 Where x is the number if months. Solve for x

OpenStudy (retireed):

A quarter inch a month is 1/4 also it can written as 2/8 per month, so.... 2/8 time what = 5/8

OpenStudy (ebayminer126):

2/5 or 2/8?

OpenStudy (retireed):

simplified 2x = 5 solve for x

OpenStudy (will.h):

Good work retired

OpenStudy (ebayminer126):

@retirEEd 2/8 x what equals 5/8 please help. :/

OpenStudy (ebayminer126):

I tried converting it into decimal and getting then answer but I don't know..

OpenStudy (retireed):

2x/8 = 5/8 The eights cancel so... Simplified 2x = 5 solve for x x = _______

OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):

Let x = months it will take for Rusty's hair to get to 5/8in \[\frac{ 1 }{ 4 }x = \frac{ 5 }{ 8 }\]

OpenStudy (ebayminer126):

@ShadowLegendX I just don't know what times 2 equals 5

OpenStudy (ebayminer126):

2 2/4

OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):

Isolate x by multiplying both sides by 4/1\[\frac{ 4 }{ 1 }(\frac{ 1 }{ 4 }x = \frac{ 5 }{ 8 }) \rightarrow x = \frac{ 20 }{ 8 } \rightarrow x = \frac{ 5 }{ 2 }\]

OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):

\[x = \frac{ 5 }{ 2 } \rightarrow x = 2 \frac{ 1 }{ 2 }months\]

OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):

Forget what the other users said, they didn't explain it

OpenStudy (ebayminer126):

yeah I know. Thanks @ShadowLegendX

OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):

No problem

OpenStudy (ebayminer126):

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OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):

Since, not sense

OpenStudy (shadowlegendx):

Seems to me like you don't understand this at all, and you just copied and pasted

OpenStudy (ebayminer126):

@ShadowLegendX I did not copy and paste and now I understand it more clearly thanks to your help and retired

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