SOLUTION: I really need help I have no idea where to start on this problem. Please help 5x+6y=18 solve for y I can not thank you enough for your your assistance. JC

Question 127067: I really need help I have no idea where to start on this problem. Please help
5x+6y=18 solve for y
I can not thank you enough for your your assistance.
JC
Found 2 solutions by edjones, bucky:
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5x+6y=18
5x-5x+6y=18-5x
6y=18-5x
6y/6=18/6-5x/6
y=3-(5x/6)
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Ed
Answer by bucky(2189) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In this problem you are not going to get a numerical answer for y. What you are going to get
is y by itself on one side of the equation, and everything else on the other side.
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Start with the given equation:
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To get y by itself on one side of the equation, let's begin by getting rid of the 5x that is
on the same side of the equation as the term that contains the y. Do this by subtracting
5x from both sides of the equation. When you subtract 5x from both sides the 5x on the left
side disappears and a minus 5x shows up on the right side as follows:
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Now you can solve for y by dividing both sides of this equation (all terms) by 6. On the
left side when you divide 6y by 6 you get just y. Then you have to divide all the terms
on the right side by 6 also. This makes the equation become:
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which can also be written as:
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if you prefer.
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The right side then simplifies to:
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And that's the answer to the problem. Hope this helps to clear it up for you.
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