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OpenStudy (anonymous):

@sammixboo I NEED YOUR HELP

sammixboo (sammixboo):

:) Shoot

sammixboo (sammixboo):

I'll be back and forth. Helping a few other users too

sammixboo (sammixboo):

So tag me when you finish writing your problem :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\frac{ 2 }{ 3}u=24\] @sammixboo

sammixboo (sammixboo):

Just multiply both sides of the equation by 3/2 (it's the same things as dividing both sides by 2/3) So we have \(\color{red}{\dfrac{2}{3}u\times\dfrac{3}{2}=24\times\dfrac{3}{2}}\) \(\color{red}{u=24\times \dfrac{3}{2}}\)

sammixboo (sammixboo):

Which is?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

72/48 @sammixboo

sammixboo (sammixboo):

Close! 72 is right, not 48. To multiply \(\color{red}{24\times\dfrac{3}{2}}\) change it to \(\color{red}{\dfrac{24}{1}\times\dfrac{3}{2}}\) Multiply the 1 and 2 to get the denominator and the 24 and 3 to get the nnumerator

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