Question

What is the value of x?
-6x=42

Answer 1

Any ideas on what the first step maybe? :)

Answer 2

-6 -42?

Answer 3

nope
rmember that we are trying to isolate x
there is nothing to subtract we would DIVIDE both sides by-6
-6/-6=1 so just x
42/-6=?

Answer 4

*remember

Answer 5

-6x=42

On the left side we have multiplication: (-6)*x.

The inverse of multiplication is division. That is, to "undo" multiplication, we divide.

If -6x=42 and we want to solve for x, we "undo" the multiplication of x by (-6) by dividing both sides of this equation by -6.

Answer 6

\[ \frac{ -6x }{ -6 }=\frac{ 42 }{ -6}\]

Answer 7

Try putting that into the equation tool @mathmale

Answer 8

*the thing you were trying to put in

Answer 9

\[\frac{ -6x }{ -6 }=\frac{ 42 }{ -6 }\]

Answer 10

There you go! :)

Answer 11

On the left, the -6 in numerator and denominator cancel, leaving us with just x.

Answer 12

What is the value of\[\frac{ 42 }{ 6 }?.of.\frac{ 42 }{ -6 }?\]

Answer 13

@tarap0123: ?