This time we need to do 2 steps to solve the equation. We notice there is a 4 on the bottom of the fraction. This is equivalent to dividing by 4. The opposite to dividing by 4 is multiplying by 4. So we do that first:

In the middle step we cancelled out the 4's, so we are left with no fraction.

Now we need to divide both sides by 3, since we have a "3×" on the left hand side of the equation.

Some countries (like the USA) will leave the answer as a single fraction (28/3), while the practice in other countries (like the UK and Australia) is to express the answer as a mixed numeral.

CHECK:

Is our answer correct?

Substituting our answer in the left hand side gives:

Canceling gives:

The right hand side in the question was 7, so we are confident our answer is correct.