Respuesta :

They subtracted 1/3 from both sides instead of dividing 1/3 from both sides
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Answer:

[tex]x= 15[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Francisca's mistake was that when she had an equation [tex]5 = \frac{1}{3} x[/tex] instead of dividing both sides by  [tex]\frac{1}{3}[/tex]  she substracted  [tex]\frac{1}{3}[/tex]  from both sides. So the correct way would be...

[tex]5 = \frac{1}{3} x\\\\(5)(3) = (\frac{1}{3} x )(3)[/tex]

[tex]15 = x[/tex]