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Chapter 2: Q2. (page 99)

Which property of equality would you use to solve x5=12? Explain.

Short Answer

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Multiplication property of equality.

Step by step solution

01

Step-1-Sovle the equation for x

x5=12

Multiplying 5 on both sides, we get

x5×5=12×5x=12×5x=60.

02

Step-2- Multiplication property 

From above process we came to know that we need to multiply with to solve the given equation.

Therefore,

Multiplication property of equality is used to solve given equation.

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