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What times 2/3 is -8?

User Aamir Shah
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well, is really "x", now


x\left( \cfrac{2}{3}\right)~~ = ~~-8\implies \cfrac{2x}{3}=-8\implies 2x=-24\implies x=-\cfrac{24}{2}\implies x=-12

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