Question

How do you solve `7/6=5/x`?

Answer 1

`x = 30/7 = 4 2/7`

Explanation:

If you have an equation which has ONE fraction term on each side of the Equal sign, just cross-multiply. This gets rid of the fractions.

`color(red)7/color(blue)6 = color(blue)5/color(red)x`

`color(red)(7xx x) = color(blue)(6 xx5)`

`x = (6xx5)/7`

`x = 30/7 = 4 2/7`