Let's break this down step by step! 🎉
1️⃣ Imagine you have this math expression: $$\frac{a1}{5}x - \frac{3}{5} : \frac{8}{5}$$
2️⃣ The colon ":" means division. So we want to divide $$\left(\frac{a1}{5}x - \frac{3}{5}\right)$$ by $$\frac{8}{5}$$.
3️⃣ Dividing by a fraction is the same as multiplying by its flip. So we do:
$$\left(\frac{a1}{5}x - \frac{3}{5}\right) \times \frac{5}{8}$$
4️⃣ Now, let's write it like this:
**Box 1:**
Expression:
\frac{a1}{5}x - \frac{3}{5}
Add ➕
**Box 2:**
\frac{a1}{5}x - \frac{3}{5}
Multiply by:
\frac{5}{8}
= 🎯
5️⃣ So the answer is:
$$\left(\frac{a1}{5}x - \frac{3}{5}\right) \times \frac{5}{8}$$
That's as simple as we can write it without knowing what $$a1$$ is!
Great job working through the steps! 🌟\frac{5}{8}