SOLUTION: Please hel me solve this problem. If y = 66 and y = 2/3x - 27, what is the value of x? I had subtracted 27 from both sides. Thank you!!!!

Question 6884: Please hel me solve this problem. If y = 66 and y = 2/3x - 27, what is the value of x?
I had subtracted 27 from both sides.

Thank you!!!!
Answer by glabow(165) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since you know that y = 66, does it make sense that you can replace y with 66 in the second equation? That would make it
66 = 2/3 x - 27.
Can you solve this equation for x?
Hint: add 27 to both sides, then multiply both sides by 3/2.
What do you get for x?
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