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8x - 5y = 30
Solve for y

2 Answers

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Answer:

y = -6 +
(8x)/(5)

Explanation:

So you start off by subtracting 8x to the other side so now you'll have

-5y = 30 -8x

Next, you divide the -5 over so that y can be alone

y =
(30-8x)/(-5)

When you simplify this, you'll get

y = -6 +
(8x)/(5)

because
(30)/(-5) is equal to -6 and since a negative divided by a negative is positive, that turns
(-8x)/(-5) into
(8x)/(5)

leaving you with the answer of y = -6 +
(8x)/(5)

User Lorentz Lasson
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The answer is y=8/5x-6
User Sergio Muriel
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