SOLUTION: I'm not exactly sure what this type of math is called, but I'm doing it to learn the purpose of financing. What is 2x + 3y = 12? Please break it down as much as possible if your ab

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Question 401950: I'm not exactly sure what this type of math is called, but I'm doing it to learn the purpose of financing. What is 2x + 3y = 12? Please break it down as much as possible if your able to. I want to understand each step.
Answer by sofiyac(983) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There's nothing to solve here. You have 2 variables and only 1 equation which means you can't solve this. You need to have same number of equations as you do variables. This is, however, a line. The only thing you can do here is graph it.
3y=-2x+12
y=-2x/3+4
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