SOLUTION: can you please help me solve this equation: this is the question and i will show my work and where i got stuck 6x+y=-4 -6x -6x ----------- y=-6x-4 thats where i got stuck b

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Question 592785: can you please help me solve this equation: this is the question and i will show my work and where i got stuck
6x+y=-4
-6x -6x
-----------
y=-6x-4
thats where i got stuck because i dont know what to do afterwards

Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, scott8148:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
can you please help me solve this equation: this is the question and i will show my work and where i got stuck
6x+y=-4
-6x -6x
-----------
y=-6x-4
thats where i got stuck because i dont know what to do afterwards
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That's all you can do.
You have 1 equation with 2 variables.
You can solve for y in terms of x (you did) or x in terms of y.
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y=-6x-4
You can pick any value for x and find y. --> infinite # of solutions, no unique solution.

Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
there are two unknowns in this equation, which means it can't be solved by itself

in general, you need as many equations as you have unknowns