Calculus Examples

$x + 4 y = 8$

Subtract $x$ from both sides of the equation.

$4 y = 8 - x$

Divide each term in $4 y = 8 - x$ by $4$ and simplify.

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Divide each term in $4 y = 8 - x$ by $4$ .

$\frac{4 y}{4} = \frac{8}{4} + \frac{- x}{4}$

Simplify the left side.

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Cancel the common factor of $4$ .

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Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{4 y}{4} = \frac{8}{4} + \frac{- x}{4}$

Divide $y$ by $1$ .

$y = \frac{8}{4} + \frac{- x}{4}$

Simplify the right side.

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Simplify each term.

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Divide $8$ by $4$ .

$y = 2 + \frac{- x}{4}$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$y = 2 - \frac{x}{4}$