SOLUTION: solve 5x+4y=12 for y So far this is what I think: 5x+4y=12 4y=12-5x y=12/4-5/4x y=3-5/4x

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Question 194546: solve 5x+4y=12 for y
So far this is what I think:
5x+4y=12
4y=12-5x
y=12/4-5/4x
y=3-5/4x
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solve 5x+4y=12 for y
So far this is what I think:
5x+4y=12
4y=12-5x
y=12/4-5/4x
y=3-5/4x
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That's right, but 5/4x is confusing, looks like 5%2F4x
y = 3 - (5x/4) is better, not ambiguous.
Or, y = (-5/4)x + 3 (slope-intercept form)