Solve 5/4x=25/24

$$\frac { 5 } { 4 } x = \frac { 25 } { 24 }$$

Solve for x

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

Steps for Solving Linear Equation

Multiply both sides by \frac{4}{5}, the reciprocal of \frac{5}{4}.

$$x=\frac{25}{24}\times \frac{4}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{25}{24} times \frac{4}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$x=\frac{25\times 4}{24\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{25\times 4}{24\times 5}.

$$x=\frac{100}{120}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{100}{120} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 20.

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