3x-6y=12 solve the equation for y. drag and drop to order the steps

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Ebottard · Answer 1 · 2020-06-18T16:11:25+0000

For this case we have the following equation:

3x-6y = 12

We must solve the equation for the variable "y":

Subtracting 3x from both sides of the equation we have:

-6y = 12-3x

Dividing by 6 to both sides of the equation:

$-y = \frac {12} {6} - \frac {3x} {6}\\-y = 2- \frac {x} {2}$

We multiply by -1 on both sides of the equation:

$y = \frac {x} {2} -2$

Answer:

$y = \frac {x} {2} -2$