Question

Help asap! Please show as much work as you can I'm just a little stumped about the terms and stuff

Answer 1

Answer

x=14

Step-by-step explanation

3x/-8=-21/4

Simplify the equation using cross-multiplication

12x=168

Divide both sides of the equation by 12

x=14

Answer 2

So first we want to get rid of the fraction to do this we can times by the reciprocal, in this case -8/3x
-8/3x(3x/-8) cancels out to equal 1
1= -21/4
-8/3x(-21/4) is equal to 14/x
times both sides by 14
14= x
To double check we can plug this into the equation

3(14)
42/-8 we can simplify this by diving by 2
21/-8= -21/8 these are the same