Question

Given: x + 2y = -6.
Solve for x.

What is the coefficient of y ?

Answer 1

To solve for 'x', you have to get it all by itself.

To do that, we have to move 2y to the other side.

What do you get if you subtract 2y on both sides?

Answer 2

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @smackz

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You solved for y not x.
Also it would be -2y

Answer 3

oop mb

Answer 4

To answer the second part of your question:
The coefficient is the number in front of the variable (or the letter)

For example,
20a
a is our variable
20 is the coefficient

So what is the coefficient of 2y?

Answer 5

i jus need help

Answer 6

x + 2y = -6

Subtract 2y on both sides

x + 2y - 2y = -6 - 2y

can you simplify it?

What is 2y - 2y = ?

Answer 7

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @meganmoney543
i jus need help
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He helped you.Restating what @AZ said, what is the coefficient of 2y?

Answer 8

nvm

Answer 9

my bf helped me

Answer 10

Then you honestly didn't want help, you just wanted the answer.