Solve 3/8p=1/4

$$\frac { 3 } { 8 } p = \frac { 1 } { 4 }$$

Solve for p

$$p=\frac{2}{3}\approx 0.666666667$$

Steps for Solving Linear Equation

Multiply both sides by \frac{8}{3}, the reciprocal of \frac{3}{8}.

$$p=\frac{1}{4}\times \frac{8}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{4} times \frac{8}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$p=\frac{1\times 8}{4\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 8}{4\times 3}.

$$p=\frac{8}{12}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{8}{12} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$p=\frac{2}{3}$$