Question 223186: The question was: 1/3w + 6 = -2
What I did was: subtracted 6 from both sides and got a negative 8 (-8).
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...
1/3 * -1/8 = -1/24
IS THIS CORRECT? If not, please help me with where I made my mistake?? Thanks so much!!! (:
Found 5 solutions by checkley77, rfer, visionamoah, Alan3354, MathTherapy:
Answer by checkley77(12844)   (Show Source):
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! when you divide fractions, invert and multiply the second fraction
-8/1*3/1=-24/1=-24
your equation should look like
w=(-8/1)/(1/3)
w=-8/1*3/1=-24/1=-24
Keep the order straight
Answer by visionamoah(2)  (Show Source):
Answer by Alan3354(69443)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The question was: 1/3w + 6 = -2
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That's not a question, it's an equation.
If you want to solve for w:
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Is it 1/(3w) ?
or (1/3)w ?
Answer by MathTherapy(10551)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The question was: 1/3w + 6 = -2
What I did was: subtracted 6 from both sides and got a negative 8 (-8).
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...
1/3 * -1/8 = -1/24
IS THIS CORRECT? If not, please help me with where I made my mistake?? Thanks so much!!! (:
If  , then W = - 24
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