Hey! Your question was incomplete because I have double-checked my work, and even checked reliable sources to see if I missed something in my work, but I keep getting –238. I did play around with the question by switching the negative symbol around in the equation to see if I would get a balanced answer. I say this because when you solve the question you posted, the answer I got was w = –238, but when I went back to check my work by plugging that number in as the value of w, I got –238 ≠ 238 (or something like that. The number is the same, but the signs are not). If the signs and numbers don't both equal each other something is wrong with the problem. I believe I figured out where your question went wrong. Instead of the question being 34 = –w/7, I believe that the correct question should have been –34 = w/7. What I think happened was that when you typed your question, you swapped the negative on the 34 with the variable of w. If I am incorrect, and you typed your question correctly, I am sorry in advance because my work wasn’t matching what I got for w. But for now, I will solve what I think the question should have said. Again, sorry in advance. Solve for w in the following equation: –34 = w/7.
Write the equation:
–34 = w/7
Multiply both sides by 7:
7 × –34 = w/7 × 7
Multiply:
–238 = 1w
Divide:
–238/1 = 1w/1
–238 = w or w = –238
Check your work by plugging –238 back into the equation as w:
–34 = w/7
–34 = –238/7
Multiply both sides by 7:
–34 × 7 = –238/7 × 7
–238 = –238 ✔
Thus, w = –238
Hope that helps! Have an amazing rest of your day!! :)