SOLUTION: -2/3k-4=12 please show me how to solve

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Question 15855: -2/3k-4=12 please show me how to solve
Answer by Maricel Balos(8) About Me  (Show Source):
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Sol'n:
-2/3k-4=12
3k-4[-2/3k-4=12]
-2=12(3k-4)
-2=36k-48
-2+48=36k
46=36k
46/36=36k/36
46/36=k
1 10/36=k or 1 5/18=k
therefore the sol'n is k= 1 5/18