Solve 5/7*x=1.4*0.04

$$\frac { 5 } { 7 } \times x = 1.4 \times 0.04$$

Solve for x

$$x=0.0784$$

Steps for Solving Linear Equation

Multiply 1.4 and 0.04 to get 0.056.

$$\frac{5}{7}x=0.056$$

Multiply both sides by \frac{7}{5}, the reciprocal of \frac{5}{7}.

$$x=0.056\times \frac{7}{5}$$

Convert decimal number 0.056 to fraction \frac{56}{1000}. Reduce the fraction \frac{56}{1000} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 8.

$$x=\frac{7}{125}\times \frac{7}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{7}{125} times \frac{7}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$x=\frac{7\times 7}{125\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{7\times 7}{125\times 5}.

$$x=\frac{49}{625}$$