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4200\times 1=4000\times 5\times x
Multiply both sides by 1.
4200=4000\times 5\times x
Multiply 4200 and 1 to get 4200.
4000\times 5\times x=4200
Swap sides so that all variable terms are on the left hand side.
20000x=4200
The equation is in standard form.
\frac{20000x}{20000}=\frac{4200}{20000}
Divide both sides by 20000.
x=\frac{4200}{20000}
Dividing by 20000 undoes the multiplication by 20000.
x=\frac{21}{100}
Reduce the fraction \frac{4200}{20000} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 200.