How do you solve $- 5 g + 2.3 = - 18.8$ $-5g+2.3=-18.8$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-27T14:25:05

$g = 4.22$ $g = 4.22$

First, subtract 2.3 from each side of the equation to keep it balanced and to isolate the $g$ $g$ term:

$- 5 g + 2.3 - 2.3 = - 18.8 - 2.3$ $-5g + 2.3 - 2.3 = -18.8 - 2.3$

$- 5 g + 0 = - 21.1$ $-5g + 0 = -21.1$

$- 5 g = - 21.1$ $-5g = -21.1$

Finally, divide each side of the equation by $- 5$ $-5$ to keep the equation balanced and to solve for $g$ $g$ :

$\frac{- 5 g}{- 5} = \frac{- 21.1}{- 5}$ $(-5g)/-5 = (-21.1)/(-5)$

$(cancel(-5)g)/cancel(-5) = (-21.1)/(-5)$

$g = (-21.1)/(-5)$

$g = 4.22$

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