How do you solve and check your solution given $1/5t=9$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-06-07T22:47:45

$t=45$

First, we start with the original equation:

$1/5t=9$

Next, in order to isolate the variable $t$ , we multiply by $5$ on both sides:

$1/cancel5*cancel5*t=9*5$

And so, the equation becomes:

$t=45$

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Now for the checking part:

We substitute $t=45$ back into the original equation to see if $t$ is indeed $45$ :

$1/5(45)=9$

We then simplify $1/5(45)$ :

$1/cancel5(cancel45^9)=9$

And...tada!

$9=9$

This means that $t$ is indeed $45$

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