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angelcure said:
how do you solve a problem like 20=60/t :?:

I would multiply both sides by "t" to make it a multiplication problem.

eqn4460.png


Then, I would divide both sides by 20 to get "t" by itself.

eqn1740.png


Then, just to be sure, you can check it, by plugging in t =3 into the intial equation.

eqn8344.png


Yep, it checks out! t=3
 
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