Answer:
See below.
Explanation:
I guess the other answer is kind of true, even after you clarified that it's (3x + 1).
BUT, quite often you see something like:
If a function of x, f(x), is (3x + 1) then....
So you might write this as:
f(x) = 3x + 1
And "f(x)" almost always just means "y", because they're going to want you to graph it, so we can say:
y = 3x + 1
And that's certainly an equation we can "solve".
First, we could graph it by generating some points:
(0,1), (1,4), (2,7), etc.
You could graph those points and in a way you've "solved" the equation.
OR, you could "solve for x":
y = 3x + 1 Turn it around:
3x + 1 = y Subtract 1 from both sides:
3x = y - 1 And finally, divide by 3:
x = (y-1)/3
So no, you can't get a number out of that, but you can "solve" it a couple of ways if you consider it a "function of x."
I don't know if that helps. Is there any other context?