document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=517433>Question 517433</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a number is divided by -6, and the result is 24. What is the original number?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #344778 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><B>bucky(2189)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=344778\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It always helps to identify the unknown as the first step. Let's call the unknown number X. X will represent the original number.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You are told that the unknown original number is to be divided by -6. So let's do that as follows:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=X%2F-6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"X%2F-6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then we are told that the answer to that division is 24. So let's set it equal as shown below:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=X%2F-6+=+24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"X%2F-6+=+24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We can solve this by multiplying both sides of this equation by -6 to get rid of the denominator:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28-6%29%2AX%2F-6+=+%28-6%29%2A24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28-6%29%2AX%2F-6+=+%28-6%29%2A24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "On the left side cancel the -6 multiplier with the -6 in the denominator:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=cross%28-6%29%2AX%2Fcross%28-6%29+=+%28-6%29%2A24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"cross%28-6%29%2AX%2Fcross%28-6%29+=+%28-6%29%2A24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What's left is:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=X+=+%28-6%29%2A24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"X+=+%28-6%29%2A24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply out the right side and you then have solved for X the original number.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=X+=+-144 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"X+=+-144\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That's the answer. You can check by dividing -144 by -6 and see if you don't get an answer of 24. (You should).<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this refreshes your memory on how to solve problems like this one.<BR>\n" );
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