Question

-9=5/17n

Answer 1

Is this your question:

\[-9 = \frac{5}{17}n\]

Answer 2

Yes.

Answer 3

And you want to find n??

Answer 4

yes

Answer 5

Firstly multiply by 17 both the sides and tell me what did you get??

Answer 6

Or you can use here Cross Multiplication if you know how to do that..

Answer 7

Multiply 9 and 15 by 17?

Answer 8

15 or 5 ??

Answer 9

I ment 5.

Answer 10

It is okay..

I show you how to do this :

Answer 11

Okay thank you.

Answer 12

See : By multiplying 17 both the sides you will have like this :

\[-9 \times 17 = \frac{5}{17}n \times 17\]

Okay, can you cancel something on right hand side??

Answer 13

no

Answer 14

Why??

Answer 15

There is 17 in numerator and 17 is also in Denominator, so in this situation you cancel it :

\[\frac{x}{x} \rightarrow \frac{\cancel{x}}{\cancel{x}} = 1 \qquad (x \ne 0)\]

Answer 16

oh okay!

Answer 17

So, what will you get when you cancel 17 and 17 on right hand side??