Solve for m -15m-11=70

$- 15 m - 11 = 70$

Move all terms not containing $m$ to the right side of the equation.

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Add $11$ to both sides of the equation.

$- 15 m = 70 + 11$

Add $70$ and $11$ .

$- 15 m = 81$

Divide each term by $- 15$ and simplify.

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Divide each term in $- 15 m = 81$ by $- 15$ .

$\frac{- 15 m}{- 15} = \frac{81}{- 15}$

Cancel the common factor of $- 15$ .

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Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{- 15 m}{- 15} = \frac{81}{- 15}$

Divide $m$ by $1$ .

$m = \frac{81}{- 15}$

Simplify $\frac{81}{- 15}$ .

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Cancel the common factor of $81$ and $- 15$ .

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Factor $3$ out of $81$ .

$m = \frac{3 (27)}{- 15}$

Cancel the common factors.

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Factor $3$ out of $- 15$ .

$m = \frac{3 \cdot 27}{3 \cdot - 5}$

Cancel the common factor.

$m = \frac{3 \cdot 27}{3 \cdot - 5}$

Rewrite the expression.

$m = \frac{27}{- 5}$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$m = - \frac{27}{5}$

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$m = - \frac{27}{5}$

Decimal Form:

$m = - 5.4$

Mixed Number Form:

$m = - 5 \frac{2}{5}$

Solve for m -15m-11=70

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