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by **angelbaby** on Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:27 pm

3/4 divided by x = 1/2

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by **stapel_eliz** on Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:32 pm

angelbaby wrote:3/4 divided by x = 1/2

You have the following:

. . . . . $\frac{\left(\frac{3}{4}\right)}{x}\, =\, \frac{1}{2}$

To solve a proportion, you cross-multiply:

. . . . . $2\left(\frac{3}{4}\right)\, =\, x(1)$

Then solve the resulting linear equation, and you're done!

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Solve for x: 3/4 divided by x = 1/2

Solve for x: 3/4 divided by x = 1/2