Help! -6=2/13*x Solve the Equation
im filling in my study guide for math and i cant get past this equation

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Help!    -6=2/13*x    Solve the Equation 
im filling in my study guide for math and i cant get past this equation

haseeb96 · Answer

Just apply the cross multiplication method here.

That will be 
-6 will multiply with 13x=2

haseeb96 · Answer

-72x=2
x=2/-72
x=-1/36 is the answer.

anonymous · Answer

thanks.. someone else sent me -39...

freckles · Answer

well i think it depends on what equation you have actually written

freckles · Answer

$$-6=\frac{2}{13}x ?$$

freckles · Answer

I think haseeb translated as 
$$-6=\frac{2}{13x}$$
But I think -6(13) is actuallly -78 not -72

anonymous · Answer

the question you typed first is the exact one @freckles

freckles · Answer

do you know what the reciprocal of 2/13 is?

anonymous · Answer

by guessing id say 13/2 if i remembered the def right

freckles · Answer

then multiply both sides by 13/2