Start out changing the 2 1/4 into an improper fraction which is 9/4. Multiply it by 3 and wallah you have 27/4. There are many different options you can take to create an expression equivalent to 27/4. One example could be: 9/2 x 3/2.
To solve questions of these sorts, bring all the terms to one side & simplify it leaving x alone in the other side of the equation (other side of the equal to sign). After simplification you'll get the value of x.
Remember that the signs & operations will change when you bring a term to the other side of the equation.
So, addition will become subtraction, subtraction will become addition, multiplication will become division & division will become multiplication.