SOLUTION: 4 (-4) / (-8) 6 = -3 + 5(3) On the textbook it says that it is false

Question 991434: 4 (-4) / (-8) 6 = -3 + 5(3)
On the textbook it says that it is false
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Left member connects its numbers only through multiplications and divisions.

4 (-4) / (-8) 6 = -3 + 5(3)
-16/(-8)*6=-3+15
2*6=12
12=12
The equation is TRUE.

Work strictly from left to right on expressions built only by multiplications and divisions.
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