SOLUTION: If 3x+y=6, then what is y? Please show us how you are doing this so we can figure it out. Thank you

SOLUTION: If 3x+y=6, then what is y? Please show us how you are doing this so we can figure it out. Thank you

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Question 37387: If 3x+y=6, then what is y?
Please show us how you are doing this so we can figure it out.
Thank you
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Well if all you have is 3x + y = 6, then you cannot find a value for y explicitly. All you can do is express y in terms of x:
3x + y = 6
Here subtract 3x from both sides and get
y = -3x + 6
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