Chapter 2 - Solving Equations - 2-3 Solving Multi-Step Equations - Practice and Problem-Solving Exercises - Page 98: 40

$k=9$

We need to get the k alone. Thus, we cancel out the addition by subtracting 1.5 on both sides. This leaves us with the equation $.11k=.99.$ In order to cancel out multiplication, we use division, so we divide both sides by .11 to get that $k=9$. We plug 9 in for k and confirm that our answer is, indeed, correct.