How do you solve $\frac{y}{3} = \frac{48}{9}$ $y/3=48/9$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-13T12:51:43

See the entire solution process below:

Multiply each side of the equation by $3$ $color(red)(3)$ to solve for $y$ $y$ while keeping the equation balanced:

$3 \times \frac{y}{3} = 3 \times \frac{48}{9}$ $color(red)(3) xx y/3 = color(red)(3) xx 48/9$

$cancel(color(red)(3)) xx y/color(red)(cancel(color(black)(3))) = cancel(color(red)(3)) xx 48/(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(9))) 3)$

$y = 48/3$

$y = 16$

and

$16/3 = 48/9$

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