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Given:
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\n" ); document.write( "5x + 6y = 18
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\n" ); document.write( "To solve this problem for y you begin by isolating the term containing y on one side of the
\n" ); document.write( "equal sign and everything else on the other side. So what you want to do is to get rid of the
\n" ); document.write( "5x on the left side of the given equation. Do this by subtracting 5x from both sides of
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\n" ); document.write( "6y = -5x + 18
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\n" ); document.write( "Now solve for y by dividing both sides of this equation (all the terms) by 6. When you do that
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"y+=+-%285%2F6%29x+%2B+18%2F6\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "The right side simplifies to:
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"y+=+-%285%2F6%29x+%2B+3\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "And this is the answer to the problem. Hope this helps you to understand how to do it.
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