-42x minus 9 equals negative 19?

Answer 1

-42x - 9 = -19

Multiply both sides by -1 to get rid of all those negative signs:

42x + 9 = 19

Subtract 9 from both sides to get the x alone on the left side:

42x = 10

Divide by 42 to find x:

x = 10/42 = 5/21 = 0.(238095)