Frequent Questions about our Solver

The problem

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I don't understand how you got y=3x-1 as the result. what steps were taken?

Answer provided by our tutors

To solve for 'y', we multiply both sides by 'x' and then move '1' from the right hand side to the left hand side.

If you go to 'Options', select 'Show: a lot of steps' and click 'Apply', you will get the following step by step solution:

You can obtain an explanation for any step by clicking on it. Please note that you cannot click on the very first expression, which is the original problem.

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