Solve x*7/8=9/12

$$x \cdot \frac { 7 } { 8 } = \frac { 9 } { 12 }$$

Solve for x

$$x=\frac{6}{7}\approx 0.857142857$$

Steps for Solving Linear Equation

Reduce the fraction \frac{9}{12} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$x\times \frac{7}{8}=\frac{3}{4}$$

Multiply both sides by \frac{8}{7}, the reciprocal of \frac{7}{8}.

$$x=\frac{3}{4}\times \frac{8}{7}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{4} times \frac{8}{7} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$x=\frac{3\times 8}{4\times 7}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 8}{4\times 7}.

$$x=\frac{24}{28}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{24}{28} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$x=\frac{6}{7}$$