Would it help if you wrote it as
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Then you can cross multiply if you know how to do that.
1*x = (-11)(-3)
x = 33 but what happened to the 2 minus signs?
Remember that a ( - ) times a ( - ) = a plus. The two minus signs become a plus.
#1.) A rational number is a number that can be written as a ratio. That means it can be written as a fraction, in which both the numerator (the number on top) and the denominator (the number on the bottom) are whole numbers. The number 8 is a rational number because it can be written as the fraction 8/1.
I don't want to give you the answer cause that will not help you I'm the future If I just give it to you. It might help you but that's what I learned in school is that it doesn't help. Because like if you cheat on a test you won't get to learn. But if you did it yourself and got it wrong you can see why
First distribute the negative through the parenthesis on the left and the 2 on the right.
-5 -15y +1 = 14y -32 - y
Combine like terms on the right and left
-4 -15y = 13y -32
Now move the variables to one side and the constants to the other.
Subtract 13y from both sides
-4 -28y = -32
Add 4 to both sides
-28y = -28
Divide both sides by -28
y = 1
