How do you solve and check your solutions to $8.2=-4g$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-06-20T14:41:36

See a solution process below:

First, divde each side of the equation by $color(red)(-4)$ to solve for $g$ while keeping the equation balanced:

$8.2/color(red)(-4) = (-4g)/color(red)(-4)$

$-2.05 = (color(red)(cancel(color(black)(-4)))g)/cancel(color(red)(-4))$

$-2.05 = g$

$g = -2.05$

To check the solution substitute $-2.05$ for $g$ in the original equation and calculate each side of the equation to ensure they are equal:

$8.2 = -4g$ becomes:

$8.2 = -4 * -2.05$

$8.2 = 8.2$

Because both sides of the equation are equal the solution is validated.

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