Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 6 - Section 6.7 - Formulas - Exercises - Page 256: 31

Answer

$$x= -\frac{B}{A}y-\frac{C}{A} .$$

Work Step by Step

To solve the given equation for $x$, we keep the term $ Ax$ and move out all other terms to the other side and then we divide by $A$ as follows: $$ Ax+By+C=0\Longrightarrow Ax=-By-C\Longrightarrow \frac{Ax}{A}=\frac{-By-C}{A} \\ \Longrightarrow x=\frac{-By-C}{A}=-\frac{B}{A}y-\frac{C}{A} .$$
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