SOLUTION: -3 over 8 = 6 over x

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Question 399478: -3 over 8 = 6 over x
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Hi
|cross multiplying to solve for x
-3x = 48
x = -16
CHECKING our Answer***
-3/8 = 6/-16 = -3/8
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