document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=223186>Question 223186</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The question was: 1/3w + 6 = -2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What I did was: subtracted 6 from both sides and got a negative 8 (-8).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then, I did the inverse of 1/3 (divided one over three by one over three, and it cancels itself out?), then one over thee divided by negative 8. So I was left with...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/3 * -1/8 = -1/24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "IS THIS CORRECT? If not, please help me with where I made my mistake?? Thanks so much!!! (: </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "-8/1*3/1=-24/1=-24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "your equation should look like<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w=(-8/1)/(1/3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w=-8/1*3/1=-24/1=-24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Keep the order straight </SPAN>\n" );
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