Question

x/a=y/b solve for x

Answer 1

multiply both sides by \(a\)

Answer 2

It doesn't say what variable is what

Answer 3

it doesn't matter
to solve for x, all you have to do is get x by itself on one side of the equals sign

so if you multiply both sides by a, then on the left of the equals sign you'll have x times a/a (which equals x times 1)