Solve x*2/5=3/20

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

Solve for x

$$x=\frac{3}{8}=0.375$$

Steps for Solving Linear Equation

Multiply both sides by \frac{5}{2}, the reciprocal of \frac{2}{5}.

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

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

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

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

$$x=\frac{15}{40}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{15}{40} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$x=\frac{3}{8}$$