Solve 7/12x=1/8

$$\frac{ 7 }{ 12 } x= \frac{ 1 }{ 8 }$$

Solve for x

$$x=\frac{3}{14}\approx 0.214285714$$

Steps for Solving Linear Equation

Multiply both sides by \frac{12}{7}, the reciprocal of \frac{7}{12}.

$$x=\frac{1}{8}\times \frac{12}{7}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{8} times \frac{12}{7} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$x=\frac{1\times 12}{8\times 7}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 12}{8\times 7}.

$$x=\frac{12}{56}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{12}{56} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$x=\frac{3}{14}$$