How do you solve $-24n=72$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-07T02:47:46

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Divide each side of the equation by $color(red)(-24)$ to solve for $n$ while keeping the equation balanced:

$-24n = 72$

$(-24n)/color(red)(-24) = 72/color(red)(-24)$

$(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(-24)))n)/cancel(color(red)(-24)) = -3$

$n = -3$

How do you solve -24n=72-24n=72?