Question

Solve for t. You must write your answer in fully simplified form.

−19=7t

Answer 1

t = -19/7

The goal is to get t by itself. To do that you have to divide both sides by 7. The right side’s 7 will cancel.

-19/7 is the simplified form because -19 cannot by divided by 7 in the sense that the answer will be a whole number (it’ll be a decimal or an improper fraction, etc).

Answer 2

t=-19/7

Explanation:

you need to isolate for t which means you need to get t all alone on one side of the equation. Do do that you can divide both sides by 7. This gives you -19/7=7t/7

we know that anything divided by itself is 1 so we get -19/7=t

This is the simplest for because 19 and 7 are both prime numbers, so you can't simplify them.