Solve x/0.15=4/10

$$\frac { x } { 0.15 } = \frac { 4 } { 10 }$$

Solve for x

$$x=0.06$$

Steps for Solving Linear Equation

Reduce the fraction \frac{4}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{x}{0.15}=\frac{2}{5}$$

Multiply both sides by 0.15.

$$x=\frac{2}{5}\times 0.15$$

Convert decimal number 0.15 to fraction \frac{15}{100}. Reduce the fraction \frac{15}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$x=\frac{2}{5}\times \frac{3}{20}$$

Multiply \frac{2}{5} times \frac{3}{20} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$x=\frac{2\times 3}{5\times 20}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{2\times 3}{5\times 20}.

$$x=\frac{6}{100}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{6}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$x=\frac{3}{50}$$