Question

What is the value of x? -6x=42

Answer 1

$x = \frac{42}{ - 6} \\ x = - 7$

Answer 2

To solve this question, one must divide each side of the equation to get x by itself.


Dividing by -6, one gets:
x=-$\frac{42}{6}$
This can be simplified to x = -7