How do you solve $\frac { k } { 4} = - 6.1$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-10-30T00:28:56

See below.

In order to cancel out the operation of dividing by $4$ , we must multiply both sides of the equation by $4$ as follows:

$k/4=-6.1$

$(k/4)color(red)(*4)=(-6.1)color(red)(*4)$

$k=(-6.1) * 4$

$color(blue)(k=-24.4)$

I hope that helps!

How do you solve \frac { k } { 4} = - 6.1\frac { k } { 4} = - 6.1?