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x\times 15=-500\times 250
Variable x cannot be equal to 0 since division by zero is not defined. Multiply both sides of the equation by 1000x, the least common multiple of 1000,2x.
x\times 15=-125000
Multiply -500 and 250 to get -125000.
x=\frac{-125000}{15}
Divide both sides by 15.
x=-\frac{25000}{3}
Reduce the fraction \frac{-125000}{15} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.