how do you work the problem 1 4/5 - 6g = 57

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anonymous · Answer

so it make the equation equal to g you wont to bring all the numbers to the far side
so we get -6g=57/(4/5)
now when dividing fractions we multiply by there reciprocal .
so now we have $$-6g= (57/1) \times (5/4)$$
                         $$-6g = 285/4$$
we bring over the -6 $$g = (285/4)/(-6)$$
now we again multiply with by the reciprocal 
$$g= (285/4) \times (1/-6)$$
$$g = 285 / -24$$
$$g = 11.875$$