Solve 3/7x=15/14

$$\frac { 3 } { 7 } x = \frac { 15 } { 14 }$$

Solve for x

$$x = \frac{5}{2} = 2\frac{1}{2} = 2.5$$

Steps for Solving Linear Equation

Multiply both sides by \frac{7}{3}, the reciprocal of \frac{3}{7}.

$$x=\frac{15}{14}\times \frac{7}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{15}{14} times \frac{7}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$x=\frac{15\times 7}{14\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{15\times 7}{14\times 3}.

$$x=\frac{105}{42}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{105}{42} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 21.

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