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Originally Posted by Gordon Booth
But c= a divided by b. So you're both right.
20 divided by 4= 5 is arithmetic.
a divided by b =c, values known and unknown, is algebra.
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a=b X c
a is known, b is known, you want to know c.
So you divide both sides by c.
a/c=b X c / c
The X c/c cancel each other out and you get
a/c=b