How do you solve $18f=-216$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-03-01T15:15:48

See the entire solution process below:

Divide each side of the equation by $color(red)(18)$ to solve for $f$ while keeping the equation balanced:

$(18f)/color(red)(18) = -216/color(red)(18)$

$(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(18)))f)/cancel(color(red)(18)) = -12$

$f = -12$

Answer 2 · 2017-03-01T15:17:49

$f=-12$

$18f = -216$

divide both sides of the equation by 18

$(18f)/color(green)18 = -216/color(green)18$

18/18 = 1, so we can simplify

$1f= f = -216/18$

Then divide it out to get the final answer

$f=-12$

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