The second step is wrong. What should've been done is to find greatest common factor (gcf) of 1/6 and -2. This is because you cannont add together a number with a variable to a number without a variable. So get the variable by itself by subtracting 1/6 from both sides.
1/5x + 1/6 = -2
___— 1/6_— 1/6
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Turn -2 into a fraction and find the gcf of -2 and 6:
1/5x + 1/6 = -2
___— 1/6_— 1/6
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1/5x = -2/1 — 1/6 ——> 1/5x = -12/6 — 1/6
1/5x = -13/6
Then divide each side by 1/5 to get the variable by itself; remeber: when dividing a fraction by a fraction, you multiply by the reciprocal.
5/1 • 1/5x = -13/6 • 5/1
x = 65/6
Then, simplify
65/6} 10.83 or 10 83/100
The basketball team lost 1/2 a game and 1/2 won a game so 1/2
Answer :

Step-by-step explanation :
To find the product of

First we expand the bracket ,
it implies that, we use the expression outside the bracket to multiply individual expressions inside the bracket.
Hence


we now apply the law of indices

meaning, when you are multiplying two expressions with the same bases , repeat one of the bases and add the exponents.
Then, simplify to obtain
Answer:
Solving a Direct Variation Problem
Write the variation equation: y = kx or k = y/x.
Substitute in for the given values and find the value of k.
Rewrite the variation equation: y = kx with the known value of k.
Substitute the remaining values and find the unknown.
Step-by-step explanation: