How do you solve $4/x = 2/3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-14T01:43:17

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Because both sides of the equation are pure fractions we can flip the fractions and solve for $x$ without impact the result:

$x/4 = 3/2$

$color(red)(4) xx x/4 = color(red)(4) xx 3/2$

$cancel(color(red)(4)) xx x/color(red)(cancel(color(black)(4))) = 12/2$

$x = 6$

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