How do you solve for y in $x-2y=1$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-03-13T13:39:25

$color(green)(y =( x- 1)/2$

$x-color(blue)(2y)=1$

Since we need to solve for $y$ we need to isolate the term containing $y$ :

$x- 1 = color(blue)(2y)$

$color(green)(2)y = x- 1$

$y = (x- 1)/color(green)(2)$

$y =( x- 1)/2$

How do you solve for y in x-2y=1 x-2y=1 ?