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OpenStudy (anonymous):

-3x-3y=9;y

OpenStudy (anonymous):

-3y = 9 +3x

OpenStudy (anonymous):

can you solve it further?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Divide the left side by -3, AND divide all of the components on the right side by -3 as well.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so the answer should be y=x+3

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you're very close. What's 9 divided by -3? Another way of asking is, what would you multiply by -3 to get 9?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

-2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i mean -3

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Okay so then we have 9/-3 as well as 3/-3. Therefore we have -3 and -1. So y = -3 -1x or y = -3 -x

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