How do you solve for x in $sx=8$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-24T16:17:15

$x = 8/s$

To solve for $x$ we must divide each side of the equation by $s$ to isolate $x$ and keep the equation balanced:

$(sx)/color(red)(s) = 8/color(red)(s)$

$(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(s)))x)/cancel(color(red)(s)) = 8/s$

$x = 8/s$

How do you solve for x in sx=8sx=8?