Algebra Examples

$9 y = 5 - x$

Step 1

Divide each term in $9 y = 5 - x$ by $9$ and simplify.

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Step 1.1

Divide each term in $9 y = 5 - x$ by $9$ .

$\frac{9 y}{9} = \frac{5}{9} + \frac{- x}{9}$

Step 1.2

Simplify the left side.

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Step 1.2.1

Cancel the common factor of $9$ .

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Step 1.2.1.1

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{9 y}{9} = \frac{5}{9} + \frac{- x}{9}$

Step 1.2.1.2

Divide $y$ by $1$ .

$y = \frac{5}{9} + \frac{- x}{9}$

Step 1.3

Simplify the right side.

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Step 1.3.1

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$y = \frac{5}{9} - \frac{x}{9}$

Step 2

A linear equation is an equation of a straight line, which means that the degree of a linear equation must be $0$ or $1$ for each of its variables. In this case, the degree of variable $y$ is $1$ and the degree of variable $x$ is $1$ .

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