How do you solve $8a = -40$ ?

Question

1984 views around the world

You can reuse this answer
Creative Commons License

Answer 1 · 2018-05-19T04:17:27

$a= -5$

$8a = -40$

first we need to isolate $a$ so let's divide both sides of the equation by 8:

$(8a)/8 = (-40)/8$

okay $8/8=1$ and $(-40)/8=-5$ so:

$1*a = -5$ and $1*a$ is just $a$

so:

$a= -5$

How do you solve 8a = -40 8a = -40 ?