SOLUTION: Find the value of x if y= -14, m = -2, and b = -2 in the formula y = mx + b. Could someone please help me solve this problem step by step, I know the awnser is x=6. Than

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: Find the value of x if y= -14, m = -2, and b = -2 in the formula y = mx + b.


Could someone please help me solve this problem step by step, I know the awnser is x=6. Thank You
This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given equation.


Plug in y= -14, m = -2, and b = -2


Add 2 to both sides.


Combine like terms.


Divide both sides by -2 to isolate x.


Reduce


Rearrange the equation


So the answer is

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