Question

x-9y=17 solve for y

Answer 1

subtract x from both sides first..what do you get?

Answer 2

9y=17x

Answer 3

no... if you subtract x from both sides you get

-9y = 17 - x

got it?

Answer 4

and what do i do after?

Answer 5

now you divide ALL the terms by -9

Answer 6

17/9x

Answer 7

how did you get that?

Answer 8

i have no clue..

Answer 9

why do you keep sticking x to 17? i already showed you that they're apart

Answer 10

x-17
/9

Answer 11

right

Answer 12

wait...

Answer 13

yeah..that's right