How do you solve $1/6x=3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-09T01:21:17

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Multiply each side of the equation by $color(red)(6)$ to solve for $x$ while keeping the equation balanced:

$color(red)(6) xx 1/6x = color(red)(6) xx 3$

$cancel(color(red)(6)) xx 1/color(red)(cancel(color(black)(6)))x = 18$

$1x = 18$

$x = 18$

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