Solve for x 3/5=x/15

$\frac{3}{5} = \frac{x}{15}$

Step 1

Rewrite the equation as $\frac{x}{15} = \frac{3}{5}$ .

$\frac{x}{15} = \frac{3}{5}$

Step 2

Multiply both sides of the equation by $15$ .

$15 \frac{x}{15} = 15 (\frac{3}{5})$

Step 3

Simplify both sides of the equation.

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $15$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$15 \frac{x}{15} = 15 (\frac{3}{5})$

Rewrite the expression.

$x = 15 (\frac{3}{5})$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify $15 (\frac{3}{5})$ .

Cancel the common factor of $5$ .

Factor $5$ out of $15$ .

$x = 5 (3) \frac{3}{5}$

Cancel the common factor.

$x = 5 \cdot 3 \frac{3}{5}$

Rewrite the expression.

$x = 3 \cdot 3$

Multiply $3$ by $3$ .

$x = 9$