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Given that 5x8y = 29 Find y when x = -1 Give your answer as an improper fraction in its simplest form.
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Given that 5x8y = 29

Find y when x = -1
Give your answer as an improper fraction in its simplest form.

User Stefano Driussi
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5 x -1 = -5

So

-5 x 8y = -40

-40y = 29

Y = - 29/40
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