Solve 12/100x=2.4%

$$\frac { 12 } { 100 } x = 2.4 \%$$

Solve for x

$$x=0.2$$

Steps for Solving Linear Equation

Reduce the fraction \frac{12}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{3}{25}x=\frac{2.4}{100}$$

Expand \frac{2.4}{100} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 10.

$$\frac{3}{25}x=\frac{24}{1000}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{24}{1000} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 8.

$$\frac{3}{25}x=\frac{3}{125}$$

Multiply both sides by \frac{25}{3}, the reciprocal of \frac{3}{25}.

$$x=\frac{3}{125}\times \frac{25}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{125} times \frac{25}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$x=\frac{3\times 25}{125\times 3}$$

Cancel out 3 in both numerator and denominator.

$$x=\frac{25}{125}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{25}{125} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 25.

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