The goal of all algebra equations is to isolate the variable. In 3 step you should first make sure both variables are on the same side. To do that make sure you use the inverse.
For example:
6a + 9 = 3a + 15
because 3a is positive you're going to want to subtract it.
6a + 6 = 3a + 15
-3a -3a
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3a + 6 = 15
Now it's a 2 step equation and you solve it on from there.
The equation would be: Y= 1/2x-1. Reasoning: Our equation format is Y=mx+b. Consider y to just be there for the mean time, but mx is where we insert our slope. We already know what our slope is in this equation (1/2) so that’s what we’ll insert, changing mx to 1/2x. B is where we put our Y. In this coordinate, our Y is -1 (keep in mind that a coordinate is set up as so: (x,y). Insert all our numbers to replace the variables and you get Y=1/2x-1
43.18 would be your answer. :D
Let

denote the random variable for the weight of a swan. Then each swan in the sample of 36 selected by the farmer can be assigned a weight denoted by

, each independently and identically distributed with distribution

.
You want to find

Note that the left side is 36 times the average of the weights of the swans in the sample, i.e. the probability above is equivalent to

Recall that if

, then the sampling distribution

with

being the size of the sample.
Transforming to the standard normal distribution, you have

so that in this case,

and the probability is equivalent to

If you would like to solve 1/(x + 3) = (x + 10)/(x - 2), you can do this using the following steps:
<span>1/(x + 3) = (x + 10)/(x - 2)
</span>1 * (x - 2) = (x + 10) * (x + 3)
x - 2 = x^2 + 3x + 10x + 30
0 = x^2 + 13x + 30 - x + 2
0 = x^2 + 12x + 32
0 = (x + 8) * (x + 4)
1. x = -8
2. x = -4
The correct result would be x = -8 and x = -4.