How do you solve #-6g - 4= 20#?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-05T03:52:33

#g = -4#

#-6g - 4 = 20#

First, get rid of the constant by adding 4 to both sides:

#-6g - 4 + 4 = 20 + 4#

Which simplifies to: #-6g = 24#

Then divide both sides by 6:

#(-6g)/6 = 24/6#

This simplifies to #-g = 4. #

Multiply by -1 for both sides to get #g = -4#