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Pre-Calc :

How do you get the direct relationship between y and x and how do you know if the parametric equations determine y as a function of x with the following?

x = 2t and y = 3t -1

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the answer is
x=2t and t=x/2, but we have y = 3t -1
so y = 3(x/2) -1
so y = 3x/2 - 1
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