Question

What would I do to solve this equation
-x + 3y=6

Answer 1

Well you have to isolate the
So what would be the first step you take?

Answer 2

**isolate the x

Answer 3

Depends upon what you mean by "solve." Seriously: you have two unknowns here (x and y). With only one equation, the best you can do would be to solve for either x or y in therms of the other.

Answer 4

In the question it says to find the x-intercept ?

Answer 5

Ahhhh well then this is a breeze hun :)

Answer 6

I really suck at algebra and I've been out of school a lot

Answer 7

Hey mathmale, how would we do this again? Isn't there a certain name for the way you work this problem?

Answer 8

to find the x intercept of an equation, sub in 0 for y and solve for x.
-x + 3y = 6 -- sub in 0 for y
-x + 3(0) = 6
-x = 6 -- multiply by -1 to make x positive
x = -6

your x intercept is (-6,0)

Answer 9

if you were looking for the y intercept, you could just sub in 0 for x and solve for y

Answer 10

Thank you so much😃

Answer 11

sure thing :)