What plus 5 equals 2/5?

Here we will show you how to find the answer to "What plus 5 equals 2/5?" In other words, x plus 5 equals 2/5. What is x?

First, note that 5 is a number and 2/5 is a fraction. You can convert the 5 to a fraction by making 5 the numerator and 1 the denominator. Thus, here is the question "What plus 5 equals 2/5?" as a function:

x +

		5
		1

		2
		5

Next, we move the 5/1 fraction from the left side to the right side to make x alone on the left side. Don't forget that when we move it to the other side, we have to make it a negative fraction instead of a positive fraction like so:

x =

		2
		5

		5
		1

Finally, we subtract 5/1 from 2/5 to get the answer to "What plus 5 equals 2/5?"

x =

		23
		5

That's it! Now you know how to calculate "What plus 5 equals 2/5?". The answer to "What plus 5 equals 2/5?" in its simplest form is -4 3/5. You know this answer is correct because 5 plus -4 3/5 equals 2/5.

Bonus: You may also be interested to know that the answer in decimal form is -4.6 (rounded to 4 decimal places if necessary). We calculated the decimal answer by dividing the numerator of the fraction answer by the denominator of the fraction answer (-23/5).

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