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/12 = -6 what statement makes this true?

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To find the answer, you'll have to do the inverse operation of what is shown. So in you're case, the inverse operation will be multiplication, since the original one is a division:

x / 12 = -6 → we take 12 to the right side of the equation

x = -6 * 12 → we do the I.O.* of "÷ 12" by solving -6 * 12

x = -72 → final answer



To prove your answer:

-72 / 12 = -6


Hope it helped,


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User Hyojung
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-72/12=-6 Because 12×(-6)=-72

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