SOLUTION: HI, MY SON IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE FRACTIONS IN ALGEBRA....BEING AS I NEVER HAD TO TAKE ALGEBRA IN SCHOOL I REALLY CAN'T HELP HIM....HERE IS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS...Y/-8=11 OR IF

Question 104652This question is from textbook ALGEBRA 1
: HI, MY SON IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE FRACTIONS IN ALGEBRA....BEING AS I NEVER HAD TO TAKE ALGEBRA IN SCHOOL I REALLY CAN'T HELP HIM....HERE IS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS...Y/-8=11 OR IF YOU CAN'T READ THAT IT SHOULD SAY.. Y OVER -8 =11 WHAT IS Y?... THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!! KELLY This question is from textbook ALGEBRA 1

Answer by sakhi(3) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The equation would be .
Then you would multiply both sides by -8 so you can isolate y. So your equation will look like this .

So then you would multiply 11 and -8 and get -88.
So y= -88 would be your final answer.
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