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What is the reverse of multiply by 17?

What is the reverse of multiply by 17?-example-1

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The answer would be to divide by 17.

In order to undo a multiplication in a problem, we always divide. We do not divide by the opposite (in this case -17) because then we are left with a negative variable instead of it's positive version.

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