[toolfanslipknot]

Hey All...
My son will not graduate from middle school if I can't help him, and I mean NOW...
Here's the problem:
3x/10=3/5

Am I right when I think you go like this: 5(3x)=10(3)
so, then its: 15x=30
and then: x=2??
Even if this is right, he is supposed to do a CHECK on each problem, and it loses me
there... Can't for the love of God figure out how they do CHECKS... boy, do I not like
this homework... IT SUX... : ( HELP ME OUT HERE? PLEASE PEOPLE! I'm ready to
let him just stay back a year because I'm tired of trying to figure this out... WATCH, this is
what I think you should do, but it never comes out right... :
3(2)/10=3/5
6/10=3/5
SEE?? That doesn't come out the same... what the heck are you supposed to do?

[Snowbunny23]

They do checks by taking the answer you got, 2, and reinserting it into the original problem. So you'd have 5(3(2))=10(3) and therefore

5(6) = 10(3)
30 = 30
Answer checked.

I really hope this helps you and hasn't come too late. Good luck.

[galactus]

6/10 is the same as 3/5. It's called reducing the fraction.