document.write( "Question 352244: what is the answer to this?
\n" ); document.write( "-2(5+6m)+16=-90
\n" ); document.write( "i tried to do it like this;
\n" ); document.write( "-2(5+6m)+16=-90
\n" ); document.write( "-10+-12m+16=-90
\n" ); document.write( "-10+-12m=-106
\n" ); document.write( "-12m=116
\n" ); document.write( "m=-9.666666667
\n" ); document.write( "that isnt one of the answers i can cross off so can you help tell me what i did wrong?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #251728 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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Note: You made a mistake on the line \"-12m=116\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"-2%285%2B6m%29%2B16=-90\" Start with the given equation.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"-10-12m%2B16=-90\" Distribute.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"-12m%2B6=-90\" Combine like terms on the left side.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"-12m=-90-6\" Subtract \"6\" from both sides.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"-12m=-96\" Combine like terms on the right side.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"m=%28-96%29%2F%28-12%29\" Divide both sides by \"-12\" to isolate \"m\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"m=8\" Reduce.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the answer is \"m=8\"
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