-x/5=i/8 please show me how to work this
I am not familiar with the term to "work" an equation.
Are you trying to solve for x, or for i?
Is i an imaginary number?
I messed the problem up. It should read -x/5=1/8
-X/5 = 1/8.
Cross multiply
-8X = 5
X = -5/8
To solve the equation -x/5 = i/8, we want to isolate the variable x on one side of the equation.
Step 1: Multiply both sides of the equation by 5 to eliminate the fraction on the left side. This gives us:
5 * (-x/5) = 5 * (i/8)
-x = 5i/8
Step 2: Next, we want to isolate x. To do this, we multiply both sides of the equation by -1, which changes the sign of each term:
-1 * (-x) = -1 * (5i/8)
x = -5i/8
Therefore, the solution to the equation -x/5 = i/8 is x = -5i/8.