SOLUTION: Solve for X. 2/3x = 1 5/7

Question 11660: Solve for X. 2/3x = 1 5/7
Answer by glabow(165) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Express all values as fractions. Then operate on the equation to eliminate the fraction associated with x.
However, 2/3x is ambiguous. Do you mean 2 divided by 3x or do you mean 2/3 times x?
Let's assume you mean
In this case the fraction is
This makes the equation

[multiplying both sides by 3]
[dividing both sides by 2], or x = 2 4/7
If you mean then the equation is

[multiplying both sides by 3x]
[multiplying both sides by 7]
[dividing both sides by 36], or x = 7/18

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