First add 5 to 16, so -3x=21
then divide by -3, so the answer is
x= -7
2+½, is just 2½, now divided by 1/4.
let's first convert the mixed fraction to improper, and then divide.
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2b-16>12 add the 16 2b>28 then divide by 2
b>14
10,000-1,000=9,000 -100
8,900,i think maybe
A. It is always true
B. -4*6=-24
3*-7=-21
C. Whenever you have a negative being multiplied by a positive the product is always negative