What divided by 3/5 equals 5/7?

Here we will show you how to calculate "what" in this sentence: "What divided by 3/5 equals 5/7?" We start by making this word problem into an algebraic equation where "what" is the variable "x".

x / (3/5) = (5/7)

To solve this equation, we want x alone on the left side of the equation so we start by multiplying (3/5) on both sides like this:

(x / (3/5)) • 3/5 = (5/7) • (3/5)

(x / (3/5)) • 3/5 leaves x and (5/7) • (3/5) is 3/7 which means we end up with this x = 3/7. Therefore, the answer to "What divided by 3/5 equals 5/7?" is as follows:

3/7

It is always good to double-check your math to make sure you did it right. When we entered 3/7 for x in this equation x / (3/5) = (5/7), we get the following true equation which means our math is correct.

(3/7) / (3/5) = (5/7)

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