So would you multiply AND add because this is a subtraction equation?
2007-06-12 17:29:16 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
3x - y = -1
3x = -1 + y (add y both side)
3x +1 = y (add 1 both side)
then y = 3x+1
2007-06-12 17:32:38 · answer #1 · answered by PaeKm 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This looks like the equation of a straight line. All you can do is simplify and you end up with:
y = 3x + 1
2007-06-12 17:33:20 · answer #2 · answered by hyped83 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
first you would subtract 3x from both sides of the equation leaving you with:
-y=-1-3x
then mulitiply by negative one
leaving you with
y=1+3x
2007-06-12 17:32:39 · answer #3 · answered by icemoon 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
y = 3x + 1 which I got by moving terms over. You can't actually solve for Y because you have two unknowns and only one equation!
2007-06-12 17:32:43 · answer #4 · answered by Icobes 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
simply isolate y (and make it positive)
add y to both side and add 1 to both sides. then you are left with 3x + 1 = y
2007-06-12 17:33:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
3x-y=-1
3x-3x-y=-1-3x
-y=-1-3x
-y/-1= -1-3x/-1
y=1+3x
2007-06-12 17:58:17 · answer #6 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋