Solve 26/16x=2/5

$$\frac { 26 } { 16 } x = \frac { 2 } { 5 }$$

Solve for x

$$x=\frac{16}{65}\approx 0.246153846$$

Steps for Solving Linear Equation

Reduce the fraction \frac{26}{16} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{13}{8}x=\frac{2}{5}$$

Multiply both sides by \frac{8}{13}, the reciprocal of \frac{13}{8}.

$$x=\frac{2}{5}\times \frac{8}{13}$$

Multiply \frac{2}{5} times \frac{8}{13} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$x=\frac{2\times 8}{5\times 13}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{2\times 8}{5\times 13}.

$$x=\frac{16}{65}$$