Simplify (5-x)/(1/x)

$\frac{5 - x}{\frac{1}{x}}$

Step 1

Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.

$(5 - x) x$

Step 2

Apply the distributive property.

$5 x - x \cdot x$

Step 3

Multiply $x$ by $x$ by adding the exponents.

Move $x$ .

$5 x - (x \cdot x)$

Multiply $x$ by $x$ .

$5 x - x^{2}$