Question

What is the first step to solve this equation:

55 = -11x

A) Add 11 on both sides
B) Divide by 11 on both sides
C) Divide by -11 on both sides
D) Divide by 55 on both sides

Answer 1

(C) Divide -11 by both sides

Explanation:

You want to solve for x, which means you need to get x alone on one side of the equation.

-11 is connected to x, so you need to get rid of it. -11 is being multiplied by x, so you need to divide it by x to cancel it out (get rid of it.)

In other words, the first step of the equation is to divide -11 by both sides of the equation.

Answer 2

C) because dividing by -11 will isolate the x variable