Question

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

Answer 1

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
\[g= (285/4) \times (1/-6)\]
\[g = 285 / -24\]
\[g = 11.875\]