SOLUTION: hi. the question is 2/3x=2 and 2/9 i simplafyed it to 2/3x=20/9 but i dont know where to go from here. please help. thanks.

Question 394366: hi.
the question is 2/3x=2 and 2/9
i simplafyed it to 2/3x=20/9 but i dont know where to go from here. please help. thanks.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the equation is , then simply multiply both sides by 3 to get , then divide both sides by 2 to get and reduce to get

So if the equation is , then the solution is

Or....

If the equation is , then cross multiply to get , then multiply everything out to get . Now divide both sides by 60 to get and reduce and rearrange terms to get

So if the equation is , then the solution is

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