document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=60775>Question 60775</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> can you help me re-write Rewrite this equation 2x – 9y = –72 as a function of  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "2x–9y=–72  minus 2x on both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-9y=-72-2x  divide both sides by -9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=8+2/9x<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Yea, these problems look harder than they really are; \"solve for\" usually means \"isolate on one side\".  so like for y+c=w+32l, to isolate c you just do minus y on both sides and get c=w+32l-y; see, simple..<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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