Question

i need help plz
x/6 = 6/24
find x

Answer 1

you could first simplify 6/24

can you do that ?

Answer 2

to find x, one way is multiply both sides of the equation by 6

Answer 3

so would i diving 6 and 24

Answer 4

divide*

Answer 5

to simplify 6/24 divide top and bottom by 6

that makes the problem a little easier.
what do you get ?

Answer 6

1/4

Answer 7

you would get
\[ \frac{x}{6}= \frac{1}{4} \]

now multiply both sides by 6, like this
\[ \frac{x}{6}\cdot 6= \frac{1}{4} \cdot 6\]

Answer 8

1.5

Answer 9

and idk

Answer 10

you get 6/4 or 3/2 (simplified) or 1.5 (as a decimal)

Answer 11

you should know that
\[ \frac{x}{6} \cdot \frac{6}{1} = \frac{6}{6} \cdot \frac{x}{1}=x \]
because we can change the order fo x*6 to 6*x and
6 divided by 6 is 1

Answer 12

you could have done it this way:
\[ \frac{x}{6} = \frac{6}{24} \]
multiply both sides by 6:
\[ \frac{x}{6} \cdot \frac{6}{1}= \frac{6}{24} \cdot \frac{6}{1}\]
the left side simplifies to just x
on the right you could write 36/24, but it is easier to divide top and bottom by 6 to get
6/4
and then divide top and bottom by 2 to get 3/2
so
x= 3/2

Answer 13

i thought x was supposed to be a whole number

Answer 14

It doesn't have to be

Answer 15

in this question

Answer 16

**i thought x was supposed to be a whole number**

it would be nice, and if given the ratio 3/2 to 6
we would re-write it as 1/4.

but here x = 3/2 because they want the x that works for this particular ratio x/6 to match 1/4

in "real problems" x does not have to be integer.

Answer 17

for example, if you were adjusting the cups of flour in a recipe...