Solve 2/3x=3/12

$$\frac { 2 } { 3 } x = \frac { 3 } { 12 }$$

Solve for x

$$x=\frac{3}{8}=0.375$$

Steps for Solving Linear Equation

Reduce the fraction \frac{3}{12} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{2}{3}x=\frac{1}{4}$$

Multiply both sides by \frac{3}{2}, the reciprocal of \frac{2}{3}.

$$x=\frac{1}{4}\times \frac{3}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{4} times \frac{3}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$x=\frac{1\times 3}{4\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 3}{4\times 2}.

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