SOLUTION: y=x/5-4 What does x equal?

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Question 131929: y=x/5-4 What does x equal?
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Anything you would like it to be. I'm presuming that you mean the equation to be y=x%2F5-4 rather than y=x%2F%285-4%29, not that it will make any difference in the answer to this question. This equation shows a relationship between x and y. x can be any real number (or any complex number for that matter), and that will cause y to take on a particular value.

Had you asked, "What does x have to be for y to be ?" I could give you a specific answer.

You could also ask, "What is the value of y when x is ?" and that would also have a specific answer.

On the off chance that you meant to say, "solve this equation for x in terms of y" I'm going to use my presumptive interpretation of your equation statement:


y=x%2F5-4

Add 4 to both sides
y%2B4=x%2F5

Multiply both sides by 5
5%28y%2B4%29=x
5y%2B20=x
x=5y%2B20