-14(x-6=
I am thinking that this answer is -84
-14x + 84
When you multiply a negative by a negative, the product is positive.
It appears that there is an error in the equation you provided. The equation is missing a closing parenthesis. Let's assume that you intended to write:
-14(x-6)= ?
To solve this equation, we can use the distributive property, which states that multiplying a number by a sum is the same as multiplying the number by each term in the sum and then adding the results. Applying the distributive property to this equation, we have:
-14 * x - 14 * (-6) = ?
Multiplying -14 by x gives us -14x, and multiplying -14 by -6 gives us +84, as a negative multiplied by a negative yields a positive result. Now the equation becomes:
-14x + 84 = ?
The next step is to isolate the variable x by moving the constant term (+84) to the other side of the equation. We do this by subtracting 84 from both sides:
-14x + 84 - 84 = ? - 84
The +84 and -84 on the left side cancel each other out, leaving us with:
-14x = ? - 84
Simplifying further, we have:
-14x = ? - 84
Next, we need to determine the value of the unknown variable x. To do this, we divide both sides of the equation by -14:
-14x / -14 = (? - 84) / -14
This cancels out the -14 on the left side and gives us:
x = (? - 84) / -14
At this point, we are unable to simplify the equation any further since the value of ? is not specified. Without knowing the value of ?, we cannot determine the exact solution for x.