SOLUTION: How do I solve for y when x=1 Y=3/2x+1

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Question 652702: How do I solve for y when x=1
Y=3/2x+1
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Write the equation in pencil.

Erase the

Write the value in place of the now absent

Do the indicated arithmetic.

Note that you cannot solve or (what you wrote could be interpreted either way) for . That is because and are NOT the same thing. Furthermore, you are not really "solving" anything. Your equation is already solved for in terms of . What you are doing is evaluating the function when ; evaluating and solving are two different things.

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