please help.

-3/4q=12
q=?

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please help.

-3/4q=12
q=?

anonymous · Answer

What well you know the equation $$\frac{ -3 }{ 4q }=12$$

So you have to isolate the variable

anonymous · Answer

To do this you must multiply both sides by 4q in order to get the q out from under the fraction.

Now you have
$$-3=12*4q$$

anonymous · Answer

Then you can simply and multiply 12 by 4q to get 

$$-3=48q$$

Now can you tell me what you think the answer is?

anonymous · Answer

-3
 -   q=12           q = ?
-4

anonymous · Answer

sorry

anonymous · Answer

Ohhhhh okay so let me confirm, its suppose to look like this ?

$$\frac{ -3 }{ -4 }q=12$$

anonymous · Answer

ya the whole fraction is negative

anonymous · Answer

oh okay got you so let's start this over again lol

So you have the equation 
$$-\frac{ 3 }{ 4 }q=12$$

and you need to isolate the variable. All you have to do to find it is multiply 12 by the inverse of $$-\frac{ 3 }{ 4 }$$

anonymous · Answer

which should be $$-\frac{ 4}{ 3 }$$

So you multiply 12 by $$-\frac{ 4}{ 3 }$$ and that is the answer for q.

What did you get?

anonymous · Answer

q = -16

anonymous · Answer

there ya go^ q should equal -16

anonymous · Answer

ya thats what i got thank you tbeneka

anonymous · Answer

Good job! and no problem, anytime