SOLUTION: i am having problems with solving dividing equations here is one of the problems i dont understand 1/2x=3

Question 379737: i am having problems with solving dividing equations here is one of the problems i dont understand 1/2x=3
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Not sure whether you mean
or
Let's go with the first one...
We wish to undo what is being done to x...since it is being multiplied by 1/2, we divide by 1/2 to undo it...we then get

Dividing by 1/2 is the same as multiplying by two ("How many half dollars are in three dollars?"), so we get
x = 6
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