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0.28=\frac{28}{80}x
Cancel out 50 on both sides.
0.28=\frac{7}{20}x
Reduce the fraction \frac{28}{80} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.
\frac{7}{20}x=0.28
Swap sides so that all variable terms are on the left hand side.
x=0.28\times \frac{20}{7}
Multiply both sides by \frac{20}{7}, the reciprocal of \frac{7}{20}.
x=\frac{7}{25}\times \frac{20}{7}
Convert decimal number 0.28 to fraction \frac{28}{100}. Reduce the fraction \frac{28}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.
x=\frac{7\times 20}{25\times 7}
Multiply \frac{7}{25} times \frac{20}{7} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.
x=\frac{20}{25}
Cancel out 7 in both numerator and denominator.
x=\frac{4}{5}
Reduce the fraction \frac{20}{25} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.