How do you solve $5/3=x/4$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-14T18:38:06

Multiply each side of the equation by $color(red)(4)$ to solve for $x$ and keep the equation balanced. See full process below:

Multiply each side of the equation by $color(red)(4)$ to solve for $x$ and keep the equation balanced. See full process below:

$color(red)(4) xx 5/3 = color(red)(4) xx x/4$

$20/3 = cancel(color(red)(4)) xx x/color(red)(cancel(color(black)(4)))$

$20/3 = x$

$x = 20/3$

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