Question

Solve -7x = -56
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Answer 1

x = 8

Explanation:

When x is being multiplied by a number, to solve for x, you have to divide the number that x is being multiplied by on both sides of the equation. The number is question is -7, meaning that -7 is the number that has to be divided on both sides. -7x/-7 would cancel out to just x. On the other side, -56/-7 (because a negative divided by a negative equals a positive) equals 8. Since x is now by itself, we have our answer of x=8.

Answer 2

Easily done! Just do -56 divided by -7 but just remember two negatives equal a positive. So your answer would be 8!