SOLUTION: When doing an equation such as... Negatuve one eigth of a number is -3/4 What am I to do

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Question 153804: When doing an equation such as...
Negatuve one eigth of a number is -3/4
What am I to do
Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
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-1/8*X=-3/4
-X/8=-3/4 NOW CROSS MULTIPLY
-4X=-24
X=-24/-4
X=6 ANSWER.
PROOF:
-6/8=-3/4
-3/4=-3/4