SOLUTION: my teacher gave us a problem, y=7/4x - 1/8 and said the answer was -14x + 8y= -1. how?
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Question 113037: my teacher gave us a problem, y=7/4x - 1/8 and said the answer was -14x + 8y= -1. how?
Found 2 solutions by SHUgrad05, josmiceli:
Answer by SHUgrad05(58) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y=7/4x - 1/8 -->multiply thru by 8
8(y=7/4x-1/8)
8y=14x-1 -->move x to the left side
-14x+8y=-1
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
subtract (7/4)x from both sides
multiply both sides by 4
multiply both sides by 2
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