How do you solve $\frac{1}{60} = \frac{x}{186}$ $\frac { 1} { 60} = \frac { x } { 186}$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-16T14:38:35

See a solution process below:

Multiply each side of the equation by $186$ $color(red)(186)$ to solve for $x$ $x$ while keeping the equation balanced:

$186 \times \frac{1}{60} = 186 \times \frac{x}{186}$ $color(red)(186) xx 1/60 = color(red)(186) xx x/186$

$186/60 = cancel(color(red)(186)) xx x/color(red)(cancel(color(black)(186)))$

$(6 xx 31)/(6 xx 10) = x$

$(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(6))) xx 31)/(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(6))) xx 10) = x$

$31/10 = x$

$x = 31/10$

How do you solve \frac { 1} { 60} = \frac { x } { 186}160=x186\frac { 1} { 60} = \frac { x } { 186}?