How do you complete each ordered pair (3, _) so that it is a solution to 6x - y = 7?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-18T22:23:10

See the entire solution process below:

To find the $y$ value for the ordered pair substitute $color(red)(3)$ for $color(red)(x)$ in the equation and solve for $y$ :

$6color(red)(x) - y = 7$ becomes:

$(6 xx color(red)(3)) - y = 7$

$18 - y = 7$

$color(red)(-18) + 18 - y = 7 color(red)(- 18)$

$0 - y = -11$

$-y = -11$

$color(red)(-1) xx -y = color(red)(-1) xx -11$

$y = 11$

The ordered pair is $(3, 11)$