Solve the equation using inverse operations.

Question

1/3x=-9

Answer 1

To solve the equation, we want to isolate the variable x.

We can start by multiplying both sides of the equation by the reciprocal of 1/3, which is 3/1 or simply 3.

(1/3)x = -9

(3)(1/3)x = (3)(-9)

x = -27