SOLUTION: How do I solve for y when x=1 Y=3/2x+1

Question 652702: How do I solve for y when x=1
Y=3/2x+1
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Write the equation in pencil.

Erase the

Write the value

in place of the now absent

Do the indicated arithmetic.

Note that you cannot solve

(what you wrote could be interpreted either way) for

. That is because

and

are NOT the same thing. Furthermore, you are not really "solving" anything. Your equation is already solved for

in terms of

. What you are doing is evaluating the function

when

; evaluating and solving are two different things.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

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