document.write( "Question 88815: please help me solve 2x-5y=8 solve for y I have come up with y=6.5 but I am unsure if I am doing things correctly. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #64541 by bucky(2189)\"\" \"About 
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Given:
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\n" ); document.write( "You can't get rid of the x term unless the problem specifically gives you a value for x.
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\n" ); document.write( "The way you do this problem is to get just y on one side of the equation and everything
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\n" ); document.write( "Begin by getting rid of the 2x on the left side by subtracting 2x from both sides. Subtracting
\n" ); document.write( "2x from the left side cancels the existing 2x. On the right side you just insert -2x. So after
\n" ); document.write( "the subtraction of 2x from both sides the resulting equation is:
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\n" ); document.write( "-5y = -2x + 8
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\n" ); document.write( "Solve by y by dividing all three terms of this equation by -5 which is the multiplier
\n" ); document.write( "of y. This division converts the left side to just y. Each of the terms on the right side
\n" ); document.write( "are divided by -5 so that the equation is:
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\n" ); document.write( "\"y+=+%28-2%2F-5%29x+%2B+%288%2F-5%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( "and this simplifies to:
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\n" ); document.write( "\"y+=+%282%2F5%29x+-+8%2F5\"
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\n" ); document.write( "That's the answer and is all you can do unless somebody gives you a value for x that you
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\n" ); document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand the problem. \n" ); document.write( "
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