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Could you please tell me how x was solved?
Answer provided by our tutors
For any graphable equation, the software first manipulates it into its standard form before graphing; for a linear equation, that form is "y=mx+b" where the slope "m" may then be determined by inspecting the equation (for example, in the equation "y=-2x+4" "-2" is the correct value for "m").
Since the equation has variables 'x' and 'y', then choose the 'Solve' tab rather than 'Graph'.