SOLUTION: five-sixth of what number is -60

Question 269134: five-sixth of what number is -60
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, Earlsdon:
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
five-sixth of what number is -60
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Equation:
(5/6)x = -60
Multiply both sides by 6/5 to get:
x = (6/5)(-60)
x = -72
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Cheers,
Stan H.
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the number be x, then:
Multiply both sides by the multiplicative inverse of which is .
Evaluate.

So, -60 is five-sixths of -72.
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