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Question
Give first the step you will use to separate the variable and then solve the equation:
`a/5 = 7/15`
Solution
`a/5 = 7/15`
Multiplying both sides of the given equation by 5, we obtain
`(a xx5)/5`
= `(7xx5)/15`
a = `7/3`
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