Responses
multiply by −6
multiply by negative 6
add 6
add 6
divide by −6
divide by negative 6
divide by 6
11 answers
To solve the equation \( -6x = 48 \) for \( x \), you need to isolate \( x \) by dividing both sides by \( -6 \).
Therefore, you should choose:
divide by −6 or divide by negative 6 (both options are correct).
This yields: \[ x = \frac{48}{-6} = -8 \]
The correct answer is:
divide by −6 or divide by negative 6 (both are equivalent and correct).
You need to do this to both sides of the equation \( -6x = 48 \) to solve for \( x \).
In that case, you should choose:
divide by −6.
This option directly indicates the operation needed to solve for \( x \) in the equation \( -6x = 48 \).
To solve the equation \( \frac{x}{12} = 6 \) for \( x \), you need to isolate \( x \) by multiplying both sides by 12.
So the correct operation would be:
multiply both sides by 12.
This gives you: \[ x = 6 \times 12 = 72. \]
To solve the equation \( \frac{x}{12} = 6 \), you would:
multiply by 12.
This will give you the correct solution for \( x \).
So, the answer is:
multiply by 12.
To solve the equation \( \frac{5}{2}x = -\frac{1}{8} \), you can follow these steps:
\[ x = -\frac{1}{8} \cdot \frac{2}{5} \]
\[ x = -\frac{1 \times 2}{8 \times 5} = -\frac{2}{40} \]
\[ x = -\frac{1}{20} \]
So, the solution to the equation \( \frac{5}{2}x = -\frac{1}{8} \) is
\[ x = -\frac{1}{20}. \]
