Example Question - isolating variable y

Solving Linear Equation for y

The equation provided in the image is: \(y - 1 = -3(x - 5)\) To solve this equation for y, we'll start by distributing the -3 across the (x - 5): \(y - 1 = -3x + 15\) Now, let's isolate y by adding 1 to both sides of the equation: \(y = -3x + 15 + 1\) \(y = -3x + 16\) The equation is now solved for y in terms of x. The final equation is: \(y = -3x + 16\)