SOLUTION: please can someone besides Alan3354 - explain how to do this problem please x/5-4=-6 the instructions say solve and check begin by rewriting without a fraction thank you

Question 675819: please can someone besides Alan3354 - explain how to do this problem please
x/5-4=-6
the instructions say
solve and check
begin by rewriting without a fraction
thank you
Answer by ReadingBoosters(3246) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Multiply the entire equation by 5 to be rid of the fraction

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x - 20 = -30
Isolate x by adding 20 to both sides
x = -30 + 20

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CHECK
-10/5 = -2
-2 - 4 = -6
Correct!
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