How do you solve $3x/8=9/2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-29T22:34:29

$x=12$

Our problem can be rewritten as

$(3x)/8=9/2$

Which can in turn be rewritten as

$3/8*x=9/2$

Next, we can multiply both sides by the reciprocal of $3/8$ to get

$x=9/2*8/3$

$x=color(blue)3cancel(9)/cancel2*color(blue)4cancel(8)/cancel3$

$x=12$

In the step above, I factored out a $3$ , which left $3$ , and I factored out a $2$ , which left $4$ .

Hope this helps!

Answer 2 · 2018-04-29T22:35:49

$x = 12$

$6x/8 = 9$ (Multiply both sides by 2)

$6x = 72$ (Multiply both sides by 8)

$x = 12$ (Divide by 6)

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