Question

The product of two numbers is −72. One of the factors is −9, what is the other factor?

Answer 1

8.

Explanation:

1. -9 x x = -72.
2. x = 8.

In all of the steps to solve this specific question, x is a variable to represent the other factor, that we are trying to find out the answer to, and our equation that we need to set up for this problem, is -9 times x equals -72, because -9 multiplied by the other factor that we are trying to solve for, which is x in this case, should equal -72. So then, to completely finish simplifying this equation, we need to divide -9 from both sides, so we can get our variable x, that we are trying to get the answer for, by itself. Then finally, you get x equal to 8, as our final, simplified answer. These are all of the steps to completely get the correct answer to your question.

Hope this helps!!!

Kyle.