What number should both sides of the equation x/-5=-6 be multiply by to solve for the value of x?

Answer 1

To solve the equation \( \frac{x}{-5} = -6 \), you need to eliminate the fraction by multiplying both sides of the equation by \(-5\).

Here’s how you do it:

\[ \frac{x}{-5} \cdot (-5) = -6 \cdot (-5) \]

This simplifies to:

\[ x = 30 \]

So, you should multiply both sides of the equation by \(-5\) to solve for \(x\).