How do you solve the equation $y + 2 = 5 x$ $y + 2 = 5x$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-05-10T12:54:34

Are you trying to solve to get $x$ $x$ in terms of $y$ $y$ or $y$ $y$ in terms of $x$ $x$ ?

You can subtract 2 from both sides to get $y = 5 x - 2$ $y=5x-2$ or you can divide both sides by 5 to get $x = \frac{y + 2}{5}$ $x=(y+2)/5$ .

How do you solve the equation y+2=5xy + 2 = 5x?