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

1 Answer
Jul 5, 2017

g = -4

Explanation:

-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