Q. Find the value of x in the equation below.8x=7Answer: x=
Identify equation: Identify the equation to solve.The equation given is 8x=7. We need to find the value of x.
Isolate variable x: Isolate the variable x. To isolate x, we need to get rid of the denominator 8. We can do this by multiplying both sides of the equation by 8. (8x)⋅8=7⋅8
Perform multiplication: Perform the multiplication.Multiplying both sides of the equation by 8 gives us:x=56
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