How do you solve $6/61=12/h$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-08-19T21:27:24

See a solution process below:

First, because the are two pure fractions on each side of the equation we can "flip" the fractions:

$61/6 = h/12$

Now, multiply each side of the equation by $color(red)(12)$ to solve for $h$ while keeping the equation balanced:

$color(red)(12) xx 61/6 = color(red)(12) xx h/12$

$cancel(color(red)(12))2 xx 61/color(red)(cancel(color(black)(6))) = cancel(color(red)(12)) xx h/color(red)(cancel(color(black)(12)))$

$122 = h$

$h = 122$

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