Question

find the value of x .....2/x=-1/8

Answer 1

Given,



$\frac{2}{x} = \frac{ - 1}{8}$



To find ,

x




Main solution :


$\frac{2}{x} = \frac{ - 1}{8}$


Now we will perform $\textbf{cross multiplication.}$
i.e 2 will be multiplied with 8 and - 1 will be multiplied with x



Upon performing cross multiplication , we get



$16 = - x$



Now we have a got a equation of degree one ( i.e linear equation ) in one variable ( i.e x )



$- x = 16$




Multiplying both the sides of the equation with -1




$- x \times - 1 = 16 \times - 1$



$x = - 16$