SOLUTION: how do you add a fraction with a negative number?
-1/3x=-6
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Question 502728: how do you add a fraction with a negative number?
-1/3x=-6
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x = -6
Multiply both sides by -1, to get rid of the negatives
x = 6
Multiply both sides by 3
3*x = 3(6)
gets rid of the fraction
1x = 18
or just
x = 18
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