Solve 3/4x=5/8

$$\frac { 3 } { 4 } x = \frac { 5 } { 8 }$$

Solve for x

$$x=\frac{5}{6}\approx 0.833333333$$

Steps for Solving Linear Equation

Multiply both sides by \frac{4}{3}, the reciprocal of \frac{3}{4}.

$$x=\frac{5}{8}\times \frac{4}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{5}{8} times \frac{4}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$x=\frac{5\times 4}{8\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{5\times 4}{8\times 3}.

$$x=\frac{20}{24}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{20}{24} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$x=\frac{5}{6}$$