Question

What is the answer to -98=14x?

Answer 1

`x=-7\\-98=14(-7)`

Explanation:

You can answer this by seeing how many times 14 can go into the number 98.

`14=14\\14+14=28\\14+14+14=42\\14+14+14+14=56\\14+14+14+14+14=70\\14+14+14+14+14+14=84\\14+14+14+14+14+14+14=98`

So 14 can go into 98, 7 times. Now we know that 14 multiplied by 7 is 98, but to get -98 you'd have to multiply 14 by a negative number so to get -98, you would use -7.

`-98=14(x)\\-98=14(-7)`

Answer 2

-7

Explanation:

14(x) = -98

-98 divided by 14 = -7

14(-7) = -98

x = -7