9/5 times what equals 9/8?

Here we will show you how to calculate "what" in this sentence: "9/5 times what equals 9/8?" We start by making this word problem into an algebraic equation where "what" is the variable "x".

(9/5) • (x) = (9/8)

To solve this equation, we want x alone on the left side of the equation so we start by dividing 9/5 on both sides like this:

((9/5) • (x)) / (9/5) = (9/8) / (9/5)

((9/5) • (x)) / (9/5) leaves x and (9/8) / (9/5) is 5/8 which means we end up with this x = 5/8. Therefore, the answer to "9/5 times what equals 9/8?" is as follows:

5/8

It is always good to double-check your math to make sure you did it right. When we entered 5/8 for x in this equation (9/5) • (x) = (9/8), we get the following true equation which means our math is correct.

(9/5) • (5/8) = (9/8)

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