How do you solve $1/5x=-9/10$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-14T18:11:04

$x = -9/5$ or $-1.8$

$1/5x = -9/10$

Multiply both sides by $color(blue)5$ :
$1/5x color(blue)(*5) = -9/10 color(blue)(*5)$

Therefore,
$x = -9/5$ or $-1.8$

Hope this helps!

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