How do you solve $\frac{x}{- 2} = 36$ $x/-2=36$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-02T00:43:34

$x = - 72$ $x = -72$

$\frac{x}{- 2} = 36$ $x/-2 = 36$

To solve for the variable $x$ $x$ we need to make $x$ $x$ alone.

To do so, let's multiply both sides by $- 2$ $color(blue)(-2)$ :
$x/-2 color(blue)(xx-2) = 36 quadcolor(blue)(xx-2)$

$x/cancel(-2) cancel(color(blue)(xx-2)) = 36 quadcolor(blue)(xx-2)$

So the answer is:
$x = -72$

Hope this helps!

How do you solve x/-2=36x−2=36x/-2=36?