SOLUTION: Can you please help my son with this problem it is not in a text book 1/3x=1/2

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Question 55993: Can you please help my son with this problem it is not in a text book
1/3x=1/2
Answer by rapaljer(4671) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
%281%2F3%29x=1%2F2
Multiply both sides of the equation by 3 to get the x alone, and you get
3%2A%281%2F3%29x=+3%2A%281%2F3%29+
1%2Ax=+3%2A%281%2F2%29+
x=+3%2F2 or 1 1/2

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