Algebra Examples

$5 x - 2 + 3 x = y$

Step 1

Solve the equation for $y$ .

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Step 1.1

Rewrite the equation as $y = 5 x - 2 + 3 x$ .

$y = 5 x - 2 + 3 x$

Step 1.2

Add $5 x$ and $3 x$ .

$y = 8 x - 2$

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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