Need help with cross multiplication?

Question

56 / X = 12

With explanation?

Thank You very much in advance.

Answer 1

so is it like 56 over x=12 or 56 divided by x=12?

Answer 2

Cross multiplication?

Basically, multiply the numerator of one fraction by the denominator of the other.

So, in simpler terms, multiply that 56 by 1 (being a whole number, 12 can be written as 12/1 as a fraction in these situations)

and multiply X by 12.

once you do that, you set your products equal to each other.

So you have 56=12x

then, separate the "x" variable (divide both sides of the equal sign by the coefficient...12)

so you'd get x=4.66 (or 4.7)

or you'd get 14/3