Solve 1/8=60%*x

$$\frac { 1 } { 8 } = 60 \% \cdot x$$

Solve for x

$$x=\frac{5}{24}\approx 0.208333333$$

Steps for Solving Linear Equation

Reduce the fraction \frac{60}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 20.

$$\frac{1}{8}=\frac{3}{5}x$$

Swap sides so that all variable terms are on the left hand side.

$$\frac{3}{5}x=\frac{1}{8}$$

Multiply both sides by \frac{5}{3}, the reciprocal of \frac{3}{5}.

$$x=\frac{1}{8}\times \frac{5}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{8} times \frac{5}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$x=\frac{1\times 5}{8\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 5}{8\times 3}.

$$x=\frac{5}{24}$$