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10^{-2}\times \frac{20}{1000}\times 2=x\times \frac{9.8}{1000}
Cancel out 5 on both sides.
\frac{1}{100}\times \frac{20}{1000}\times 2=x\times \frac{9.8}{1000}
Calculate 10 to the power of -2 and get \frac{1}{100}.
\frac{1}{100}\times \frac{1}{50}\times 2=x\times \frac{9.8}{1000}
Reduce the fraction \frac{20}{1000} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 20.
\frac{1}{5000}\times 2=x\times \frac{9.8}{1000}
Multiply \frac{1}{100} and \frac{1}{50} to get \frac{1}{5000}.
\frac{1}{2500}=x\times \frac{9.8}{1000}
Multiply \frac{1}{5000} and 2 to get \frac{1}{2500}.
\frac{1}{2500}=x\times \frac{98}{10000}
Expand \frac{9.8}{1000} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 10.
\frac{1}{2500}=x\times \frac{49}{5000}
Reduce the fraction \frac{98}{10000} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.
x\times \frac{49}{5000}=\frac{1}{2500}
Swap sides so that all variable terms are on the left hand side.
x=\frac{1}{2500}\times \frac{5000}{49}
Multiply both sides by \frac{5000}{49}, the reciprocal of \frac{49}{5000}.
x=\frac{2}{49}
Multiply \frac{1}{2500} and \frac{5000}{49} to get \frac{2}{49}.