Question

Solve: x over 6 = 8

Answer 1

x/6 = 8

you want to undo that division by 6, so you have to _____ both sides by ____

Answer 2

a) -2
b) 2
c) 14
d) 48

Answer 3

divide 2 by both sides?

Answer 4

what undoes division?

Answer 5

multiplying

Answer 6

so to undo division by 6, you are multiplying by _____

Answer 7

multiply by 6?

Answer 8

you have to do the same thing to both sides to balance things out

Answer 9

so you have to multiply both sides by 6 to isolate x

Answer 10

D

Answer 11

x= 48

Answer 12

just try plugging in your answer to the problem and see if it checks out

Answer 13

or you can do it the easy way and just multiply 6 by 8 to get your x which in this case is D