Question 413116: How do you solve:
c/5 + 6 = -2
Answer by Blue_Skies(5)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! For equations, you have to solve each step carefully. this is how I would solve this kind of equation:
c/5 + 6 = -2
c/5 = -2 - 6
c/5 = -8
The next step is a confusing one. c/5 is a fraction, and the only way to get rid of the 5 is to multiply it by its' reciprocal on both sides. (A reciprocal is basically the number's opposite)
(5/1)*(c/5)=-8*(5/1)
(ALSO: just a note, 5/1 is a fraction, and it can be simplified as 5, but just so you can fully understand reciprocals, I'm writing it in its' fraction form)
The 5's will cancel each other out on c's side of the equation, and 5 will multiply with -8 on the other side, so we will get:
c = -40
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