Name the property of equality or congruence that justifies going from the first statement to the second statement. 5x=20 x=4

Howard Nelson

Howard Nelson

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2022-11-13

Name the property of equality or congruence that justifies going from the first statement to the second statement.
5x=20
x=4

Answer & Explanation

Kaeden Lara

Kaeden Lara

Beginner2022-11-14Added 23 answers

By dividing each side of the equation by 5, we effectively changed from the first statement to the second. Thus since we used division we effectively used the division property of equality.
Result:
Division property of equality

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