SOLUTION: Solve and check -�=15 My answer -1/15=-15 Check -15(-1)=15 Am i correct

Question 949660: Solve and check
-�=15
My answer
-1/15=-15
Check
-15(-1)=15
Am i correct
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
i think you got the right answer, but it's not clear how you did it.

start with -x = 15
multiply both sides of the equation by -1 to get:
x = -15.
that's your solution.
confirm by replacing x with -15 to get:
-(-15) = 15 which results in 15 = 15 which confirms the solution is correct.

i don't know where -1/15 comes from.
that doesn't seem to figure in the problem.

bottom line is you got it right but the steps that you took to get the answer don't look right.

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