How do you solve for t in $s/t= z/v$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-15T21:39:21

$t=(vs)/z$

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It is perfectly allowed to turn the whole thing upside down. That way you get the $t$ as a numerator (the top number of a fraction).

$t/s=v/z$

Now we need to get $t$ on its own on one side of the equals and everything else on the other side.

So we need to 'get rid' of the $s$ . For multiply or divide we do this by changing it to 1. If it was add or subtract we would change it to 0.

Multiply both sides by $s$

$s xx t/s=v/z xx s$

This is the same as

$s/s xx t=(vs)/z$

But $s/s =1$

$1 xx t =(vs)/z$

But $1xx t = t$

$t=(vs)/z$

How do you solve for t in s/t= z/v s/t= z/v?