document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=234398>Question 234398</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Five-sixths of a number is -60. What is the number? I have set it up like this: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(5\6)N = -60 I get here and do not know how to proceed.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply both sides by (6/5) to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "N = -60(6/5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "N = -12*6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "N = -72<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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