Solve for b ab=-5

$a b = - 5$

Step 1

Divide each term in $a b = - 5$ by $a$ .

$\frac{a b}{a} = \frac{- 5}{a}$

Step 2

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $a$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{a b}{a} = \frac{- 5}{a}$

Divide $b$ by $1$ .

$b = \frac{- 5}{a}$

$b = \frac{- 5}{a}$

$b = \frac{- 5}{a}$

Step 3

Simplify the right side.

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$b = - \frac{5}{a}$

$b = - \frac{5}{a}$

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