algebra 1

plese help me solve this...

x divided by 9 plus 4 equals -7
-(x/9)+4=-7

you would want to subtract the 4 to the other side of the equals sign to cancel the first 4:
-(x/9) +4(-4)=-11

now you would want to multiply both sides by 9:
(x /9)*9 (cancels each other)=-11*9

-making x= -99

Guest:

now you would want to multiply both sides by 9:
(x/9)*9 (cancels each other)=-11*9

[not]Hi Guest, you forgot a "-" (minus) at the beginning [/not]

[not]-(x/9)+4=-7[/not]
[input](x/9)+4=-7[/input]

that is not a negative, so sorry about that; I use hyphens to indicate the problem.