albertnguyen8388 albertnguyen8388

19-08-2020
Mathematics

contestada

If two thirds of the quantity of eighteen less than six times a number is -26,what is the number?

Respuesta :

19-08-2020

Answer:

-7/2

Step-by-step explanation:

2/3(6x - 18) = -26

divide by 2/3 or multiply by 3/2 (same thing)

6x - 18 = -39

add 18 to both sides

6x = -21

divide by 6

x = -21/6

simplify

x = -7/2

Answer Link

Otras preguntas

Describe a shopping good that you or someone you know purchased. What kind of research did you or that person do before buying the product?

For a given chemical reaction, the chemist determined the theoretical yield of product is equal to 15.1 grams. In the laboratory, the chemist only recovered 8.2

Is 4/5*4/5 equal to 4/5?

Can someone help me, please?

Which of the following punctuates dialogue properly? "It's been fun," she said. Don't you agree? "Yes. It's been a blast, he said." "It's been fun," she said. D

which equation of a line passes through the points (0 8)and(3 -1)

Recent molecular evidence suggests that the ancestors of the Aboriginal Australians may have arrived on that continent much earlier than originally thought, su

Which group of Americans was the first to live in the rocky mountains and sierras? A)Farmers B)Fur trappers C)Cattle ranchers D)Miners

What part of the brain is being tested when a police officer asks a DWI suspect to walk a straight line and touch his nose with his finger. Explain.

Instructions:Select the correct text in the passage. Read the excerpt from "The Story of the Old Man Who Made Withered Trees to Flower" by Yei Theodora Ozaki. W