What times 7/8 equals 5/7?

Here we will show you how to calculate "what" in this sentence: "What times 7/8 equals 5/7?" We start by making this word problem into an algebraic equation where "what" is the variable "x".

(x) • (7/8) = (5/7)

To solve this equation, we want x alone on the left side of the equation so we start by dividing 7/8 on both sides like this:

((x) • (7/8)) / (7/8) = (5/7) / (7/8)

((x) • (7/8)) / (7/8) leaves x and (5/7) / (7/8) is 40/49 which means we end up with this x = 40/49. Therefore, the answer to "What times 7/8 equals 5/7?" is as follows:

40/49

It is always good to double-check your math to make sure you did it right. When we entered 3/4 for x in this equation (x) • (7/8) = (5/7), we get the following true equation which means our math is correct.

(40/49) • (7/8) = (5/7)

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