SOLUTION: 3x-2=x-y+6

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Question 1205904: 3x-2=x-y+6
Found 4 solutions by MathLover1, MathTherapy, math_tutor2020, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by MathLover1(20849) About Me  (Show Source):
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3x-2=x-y%2B6
3x-2-x-6=y
y=2x-8
slope: 2
y-intercept: -8
x-intercept:0=2x-8=>8=2x=>x=4
+graph%28+600%2C+600%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+2x-8%29+

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) About Me  (Show Source):
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3x-2=x-y+6

Whatever answer you're looking for you're NOT going to get from her, as she's WRONG!! She'll NEVER change her wrong
answer, so it's probably best to try to answer this on your own. Maybe you'll learn something from her faux pas.

Answer by math_tutor2020(3817) About Me  (Show Source):
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If you're looking to solve for y, then,
3x-2 = x-y+6
y = x+6-3x+2
y = -2x+8

This is in slope intercept form y = mx+b
m = -2 = slope
b = 8 = y intercept

Two points on this line are (0,8) and (1,6)
Note how the movement from (0,8) to (1,6) is "down 2, right 1" which is from the slope -2 = -2/1.

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) About Me  (Show Source):
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Yes, she made a sign error, like I'm prone to do.

3x-2=x-y%2B6

3x-2-x-6=cross%28y%29

She missed the sign of y right there.  It was already negative on the right side.

It should have been

3x-2-x-6=-y


-y=2x-8

So she should have has

y=-2x%2B8

slope: -2
y-intercept: 8
x-intercept:0=-2x%2B8=>-8=-2x=>x=4

+graph%28+600%2C+600%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-2x%2B8%29+ 

Edwin