Solve 32/5x=16/3

$$\frac { 32 } { 5 } x = \frac { 16 } { 3 }$$

Solve for x

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

Steps for Solving Linear Equation

Multiply both sides by \frac{5}{32}, the reciprocal of \frac{32}{5}.

$$x=\frac{16}{3}\times \frac{5}{32}$$

Multiply \frac{16}{3} times \frac{5}{32} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$x=\frac{16\times 5}{3\times 32}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{16\times 5}{3\times 32}.

$$x=\frac{80}{96}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{80}{96} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 16.

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