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I don't want to keep making threads when I come across some puzzling algebra concepts or problems, so I'll just use this thread as a reference point in the future when this may happen.
I'm having trouble understanding the following:
1/x3 = -1 The author of my text says to cross multiply and yield the answer: x3 = -1 What am I missing here? I thought by cross multiplying x3 became -x3. For example, another piece of this larger equation has me cross multiply 2/x3 = 3 which yields 3x3 = 2. What step have I forgotten here in the cross multiplication that isn't changing the x3 negative?
I'm having trouble understanding the following:
1/x3 = -1 The author of my text says to cross multiply and yield the answer: x3 = -1 What am I missing here? I thought by cross multiplying x3 became -x3. For example, another piece of this larger equation has me cross multiply 2/x3 = 3 which yields 3x3 = 2. What step have I forgotten here in the cross multiplication that isn't changing the x3 negative?