Question

How do you solve and check your solutions to `-7=1/5x`?

Answer 1

`x=-35`

Explanation:

`-7=1/5x`

Solving
`-7\color(red)(\div(1/5))=\cancel((1/5))x\cancel(\color(red)(\div(1/5)))`
`-7\color(red)(\cdot(5/1))=x`
`-7\cdot5=x=-35`

Checking
`-7\stackrel{?}{=}1/5(-35)`
`-7\stackrel{?}{=}-35/5`
`-7=-7\sqrt`