SOLUTION: -6n= 2 3/4 Solve for n 2 3/4 is the mixed number two and three fourths. Thanks

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Question 134258: -6n= 2 3/4

Solve for n
2 3/4 is the mixed number two and three fourths.

Thanks
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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-6n= 2 3/4
Solve for n
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Make the mixed number into an improper fraction; it would be 11/4
-6n = 11%2F4
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Multiply both sides by -4; this eliminates the fraction and a negative on the left
-4(-6n) = -4*11%2F4
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+24n = -11
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n = -11%2F24
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Check solution in original equation
-6(-11%2F24) = 11%2F4
cancel 6 into 24 and you have;
11%2F4 = 11%2F4