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Question 1093132: Y-wy=m solve for y
Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
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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.

y-wy+=+m

Step 2: factor out the common factor of y:
y%281-w%29+=+m

Do you see how to solve for y from there?

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
3x+=+15
to
x+=+5

What do you do there? You divide by 3 to leave the "x" by itself on the left side of the equation.

Do you see what you can divide both sides of the equation by in
y%281-w%29+=+m
to get y by itself?