Solving for y

Question

 

Express y as a function of x

y-x=6

Answer 1

Hi Haydee,

 

We need to leave y by itself. 

y - x = 6

if we add x to both sides, we get

y = 6 + x (you can see that this is also the same thing as expressing y as a function of x)

y = x + 6 (proper algebraic notation)