SOLUTION: if y times 1 minus x=z than what is x?

Question 199345: if y times 1 minus x=z than what is x?
Found 2 solutions by solver91311, RAY100:
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Multiply by :

Add -1 to both sides:

Multiply by -1, then apply the LCD of on the right:

Remember to exclude zero as a possible value for , so:

That's as far as you can go without some additional information.

John

Answer by RAY100(1637) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y * (1-x) = z
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y-xy =z
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-xy = z -y
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x = (z-y) / ( -y) = -z/y +1 =1-z/y
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check by letting x=4, y=2, then z=-6,,,,ok for both original and answer
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