document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1093132>Question 1093132</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Y-wy=m solve for y </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #707729 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=greenestamps><B>greenestamps(13200)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=greenestamps><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=greenestamps><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=707729\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <br>Step 1: get all the terms containing y, and ONLY those terms, together on one side of the equation.  In your formula, this is already done.<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 2: factor out the common factor of y:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Do you see how to solve for y from there?<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "It might be hard to see the first few times you work a problem where you have to do this last step.  But it's just like going from<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What do you do there? You divide by 3 to leave the \"x\" by itself on the left side of the equation.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Do you see what you can divide both sides of the equation by in<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to get y by itself? </SPAN>\n" );
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