How do you solve the equation 2x + y = 1?

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Alan P.
May 7, 2015

In general, it is not meaningful to ask to "solve" a single equation like this. You could ask to solve this equation for the value of y given some specified value of x; or you could ask to re-express it in the form y= ...." or x=...#

You could write the "solution" as an infinite set:
{ (x,1-2x) AAxepsilon RR}
but I doubt that's what you were hoping for.

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