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describe the error the student made and describe what you would do get the right answer and what is the correct answer

describe the error the student made and describe what you would do get the right answer-example-1
User Yi Zeng
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What the student did it's right but there's one more step missing.

The slope-intercept form is:


y=mx+b

a. The student didn't clear y

b. We have to divide both sides by 2:


\begin{gathered} 2y=-4x+6 \\ (2y)/(2)=-(4x)/(2)+(6)/(2) \\ y=-2x+3 \end{gathered}

c. The correct answer is y = -2x+3

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