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[dim stream]

Determine a solution to the equation y = 3x+5

The answer is: y=1, x=8

The x I can guess that it’s 5+3(I’m probably wrong) but how do you solve y?

[unkempt parrot]

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[feral tapir]

The answer is: y=1, x=8 is wrong. It should be y=8, x=1
Basically to get any solution you can choose an x or y value. For example if you say x=5 then you'll find y=20, If you choose y=3, you'll get x=-2/3

[wary gorge]

you can draw up a table of values

x = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

y = 8, 11, 14, 17, 20

rule : y = 3x+5

if the x value is 1, the y value is 5 plus 3 times the x value

which is y = 3 x 1 + 5 = 8

[dim stream]

Oh okay, thank you

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