SOLUTION: Find the value of x if y= -14, m = -2, and b = -2 in the formula y = mx + b. Could someone please help me solve this problem step by step, I know the awnser is x=6. Than

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Question 187853This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra
: Find the value of x if y= -14, m = -2, and b = -2 in the formula y = mx + b.


Could someone please help me solve this problem step by step, I know the awnser is x=6. Thank You This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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y+=+mx+%2B+b Start with the given equation.


-14+=+-2x+-2 Plug in y= -14, m = -2, and b = -2


-14%2B2+=+-2x Add 2 to both sides.


-12+=+-2x Combine like terms.


%28-12%29%2F%28-2%29+=+x Divide both sides by -2 to isolate x.


6=x Reduce


x=6 Rearrange the equation


So the answer is x=6