Question

Which property of equality would you use to solve $\frac{x}{5}=12$? Explain.

Short answer

Multiplication property of equality.

Step-by-step solution

Step-1-Sovle the equation for x

$\frac{x}{5}=12$

Multiplying $5$ on both sides, we get

$\begin{array}{c}\frac{x}{5}\times 5=12\times 5\\ x=12\times 5\\ x=60\end{array}$.

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.