How do you solve for b in y=mx+b

Question

ash2326 · Answer

y-mx=b

hero · Answer

b = y - mx

turingtest · Answer

they are wrong, the answer is$$b=({1\over({1\over y-mx})^{2+e^{\pi i}}})^{0.999...}$$

turingtest · Answer

seriously, above is true

but more importantly the answer, I think, to the question
"How do you solve for b" 
is
"subtract mx from both sides"

hero · Answer

Turing Test, try not to be a smart aleck

turingtest · Answer

Sorry, I'm just a bit tired of giving away answers. I want the student to think a little, even if it makes me look like a jerk.

My point was that we should have replied to this question with "subtract mx from both sides" in order to make the student do some work, in the hope that they may actually learn something here. High aspirations I know.