document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=13011>Question 13011</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Help! Now that horrid instructor (just kidding) is using letters like they were numbers:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ax+By=C, solve for y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So I tried this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I gotta isolate y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ax+By is multiplication so I have to divide?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ax+B divided by y?=C divided by y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Nope-wait it's Ax+By-y=C-y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then divide both sids by Ax? I'm going crazy-can someone help? Thank you and sorry for the trouble </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #6540 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=6540\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The first thing you \"gotta\" do is to isolate the term containing y.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=Ax+%2B+By+=+C ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"Ax+%2B+By+=+C\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Subtract Ax from both sides.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=By+=+C+-+Ax ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"By+=+C+-+Ax\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Now you can divide by B.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+%28C+-+Ax%29%2FB ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+%28C+-+Ax%29%2FB\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There...that wasn't hard, was it? </SPAN>\n" );
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