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Solve each equation for y (get into slope-intercept/y=mx + b form):

a) 10x + 5y = 20 b) 3x - 2y = 10 + 4x

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Answer:

Explanation:

In order to do this we need to isolate y by performing the inverse operations on the other values like so...

a) 10x + 5y = 20 ... subtract 10x on both sides

5y = 20 - 10x ... divide both sides by 5

y = 4 - 2x ... we can move the 2x to the right to make it into y = mx + b

y = -2x + 4

b) 3x - 2y = 10 + 4x ... subtract 3x on both sides

-2y = 10 + x ... divide both sides by -2

y = -5 - 0.5x ... move -0.5 to the left so it matches y = mx + b

y = -0.5x - 5

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