How do you solve for y in $5y - 6x = 10$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-02-01T13:51:40

$y=6/5x+2$

$5y-6x=10$

$6x+5ycancel(-6x)=10+6x$

$(5y=10+6x)/5$

$y=2+6/5x$

OR

$y=6/5x+2$

Notes:

Both of those answers are right, because of the Commutative Property of Addition
You could divide and then add if you want
You could also subtract $5y$ form both sides, but then you would have to subtract $10$ , divide by $5$ , and multiply the whole equation by $-1$ . I just thought the way I showed was faster.

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