text: What you need to do is do any operation to get 'm' alone.  If it is (m/2) + 5 = -2, first remove the 5 from both sides of the equation so that you have (m/2) = -7.  Then you multiply everything by 2 and you get m/1, which is m = -14.\n\nIf it's m/(2+5) then you have m/7 and you multiply everything by 7 to get rid of the bottom half of the fraction.