Evaluate 6.2÷(2x+1)=2 1/3÷4

$6.2 \div (2 x + 1) = 2 \frac{1}{3} \div 4$

Simplify the left side.

Rewrite the division as a fraction.

$\frac{6.2}{2 x + 1} = 2 \frac{1}{3} \div 4$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify $2 \frac{1}{3} \div 4$ .

Convert $2 \frac{1}{3}$ to an improper fraction.

A mixed number is an addition of its whole and fractional parts.

$\frac{6.2}{2 x + 1} = (2 + \frac{1}{3}) \div 4$

Add $2$ and $\frac{1}{3}$ .

To write $2$ as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by $\frac{3}{3}$ .

$\frac{6.2}{2 x + 1} = (2 \cdot \frac{3}{3} + \frac{1}{3}) \div 4$

Combine $2$ and $\frac{3}{3}$ .

$\frac{6.2}{2 x + 1} = (\frac{2 \cdot 3}{3} + \frac{1}{3}) \div 4$

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$\frac{6.2}{2 x + 1} = \frac{2 \cdot 3 + 1}{3} \div 4$

Simplify the numerator.

Multiply $2$ by $3$ .

$\frac{6.2}{2 x + 1} = \frac{6 + 1}{3} \div 4$

Add $6$ and $1$ .

$\frac{6.2}{2 x + 1} = \frac{7}{3} \div 4$

Rewrite the division as a fraction.

$\frac{6.2}{2 x + 1} = \frac{\frac{7}{3}}{4}$

Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.

$\frac{6.2}{2 x + 1} = \frac{7}{3} \cdot \frac{1}{4}$

Multiply $\frac{7}{3} \cdot \frac{1}{4}$ .

Multiply $\frac{7}{3}$ by $\frac{1}{4}$ .

$\frac{6.2}{2 x + 1} = \frac{7}{3 \cdot 4}$

Multiply $3$ by $4$ .

$\frac{6.2}{2 x + 1} = \frac{7}{12}$

Find the LCD of the terms in the equation.

Finding the LCD of a list of values is the same as finding the LCM of the denominators of those values.

$2 x + 1, 12$

The LCM is the smallest positive number that all of the numbers divide into evenly.

1. List the prime factors of each number.

2. Multiply each factor the greatest number of times it occurs in either number.

The number $1$ is not a prime number because it only has one positive factor, which is itself.

Not prime

The prime factors for $12$ are $2 \cdot 2 \cdot 3$ .

$12$ has factors of $2$ and $6$ .

$2 \cdot 6$

$6$ has factors of $2$ and $3$ .

$2 \cdot 2 \cdot 3$

The LCM of $1, 12$ is $2 \cdot 2 \cdot 3 = 12$ .

Multiply $2$ by $2$ .

$4 \cdot 3$

Multiply $4$ by $3$ .

$12$

The factor for $2 x + 1$ is $2 x + 1$ itself.

$(2 x + 1) = 2 x + 1$

$(2 x + 1)$ occurs $1$ time.

The LCM of $2 x + 1$ is the result of multiplying all factors the greatest number of times they occur in either term.

$2 x + 1$

The Least Common Multiple $LCM$ of some numbers is the smallest number that the numbers are factors of.

$12 (2 x + 1)$

Multiply each term in $\frac{6.2}{2 x + 1} = \frac{7}{12}$ by $12 (2 x + 1)$ to eliminate the fractions.

Multiply each term in $\frac{6.2}{2 x + 1} = \frac{7}{12}$ by $12 (2 x + 1)$ .

$\frac{6.2}{2 x + 1} (12 (2 x + 1)) = \frac{7}{12} (12 (2 x + 1))$

Simplify the left side.

Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.

$12 \frac{6.2}{2 x + 1} (2 x + 1) = \frac{7}{12} (12 (2 x + 1))$

Multiply $12 \frac{6.2}{2 x + 1}$ .

Combine $12$ and $\frac{6.2}{2 x + 1}$ .

$\frac{12 \cdot 6.2}{2 x + 1} (2 x + 1) = \frac{7}{12} (12 (2 x + 1))$

Multiply $12$ by $6.2$ .

$\frac{74.4}{2 x + 1} (2 x + 1) = \frac{7}{12} (12 (2 x + 1))$

Cancel the common factor of $2 x + 1$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{74.4}{2 x + 1} (2 x + 1) = \frac{7}{12} (12 (2 x + 1))$

Rewrite the expression.

$74.4 = \frac{7}{12} (12 (2 x + 1))$

Simplify the right side.

Cancel the common factor of $12$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$74.4 = \frac{7}{12} (12 (2 x + 1))$

Rewrite the expression.

$74.4 = 7 (2 x + 1)$

Apply the distributive property.

$74.4 = 7 (2 x) + 7 \cdot 1$

Multiply.

Multiply $2$ by $7$ .

$74.4 = 14 x + 7 \cdot 1$

Multiply $7$ by $1$ .

$74.4 = 14 x + 7$

Solve the equation.

Rewrite the equation as $14 x + 7 = 74.4$ .

$14 x + 7 = 74.4$

Move all terms not containing $x$ to the right side of the equation.

Subtract $7$ from both sides of the equation.

$14 x = 74.4 - 7$

Subtract $7$ from $74.4$ .

$14 x = 67.4$

Divide each term in $14 x = 67.4$ by $14$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $14 x = 67.4$ by $14$ .

$\frac{14 x}{14} = \frac{67.4}{14}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $14$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{14 x}{14} = \frac{67.4}{14}$

Divide $x$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{67.4}{14}$

Simplify the right side.

Divide $67.4$ by $14$ .

$x = 4.8\overline{142857}$

Exclude the solutions that do not make $6.2 \div (2 x + 1) = 2 \frac{1}{3} \div 4$ true.

$No solution$

Evaluate 6.2÷(2x+1)=2 1/3÷4

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