SOLUTION: -u/8-0.8=3.2 the -u/8 is a fraction by the way

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Question 22446: -u/8-0.8=3.2
the -u/8 is a fraction by the way
Answer by AnlytcPhil(1810) About Me  (Show Source):
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-u/8-0.8=3.2
the -u/8 is a fraction by the way

            -u/8 - 0.8 = 3.2

Multiply every term by -8

(-8)(-u/8) - (-8)(0.8) = (-8)(3.2)

      u    +    6.4    = -25.6
  
      u                = -25.6 - 6.4

                     u = -32

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