One -sixth of a number is 42 . What is two - seventh of the same number ?

Question

The question is from fraction .

Answer 1

The way to answer this questions is as follows:

If 1/6X=42, then multiple both sides by 6 so X=252

Then you want 2/7X, so multiple both sides by 2 and then divide both sides by 7, so you get 2/7X=72.