<span>The place value positions to either side of a number are related because they are 10 times smaller or ten times bigger — a number in the hundreds column in ten times bigger than the same number in the tens column, for example.</span>
2x/7 = 12/14
Multiply both sides of the equation by 7:
2x = 84/14
Simplify:
2x = 6
Divide both sides by 2 and your answer is....
x = 3
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