Skip to main content
Solve for x
Tick mark Image
Graph

Similar Problems from Web Search

Share

-5x=6.5-12
Subtract 12 from both sides.
-5x=-5.5
Subtract 12 from 6.5 to get -5.5.
x=\frac{-5.5}{-5}
Divide both sides by -5.
x=\frac{-55}{-50}
Expand \frac{-5.5}{-5} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 10.
x=\frac{11}{10}
Reduce the fraction \frac{-55}{-50} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out -5.