Y=-21/2x+1 Since y is your independent variable it remains by itself
The manager already hired 9 people. Let 
be the number of people he still can hire. Since these people will add to the 9 he already hired, when the hiring campaign will be over he will have hired 
people. We know that he can't hire more than 14 people, so the number of people hired must be less than or equal to 14:
If we subtract 9 from both sides, we have
so, the manager can hire at most 5 other people
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Add '-1' to each side of the equation.
1 + -1 + 3d = 10 + -1
Combine like terms: 1 + -1 = 0
0 + 3d = 10 + -1
3d = 10 + -1
Combine like terms: 10 + -1 = 9
3d = 9
Divide each side by '3'.
d = 3
Simplifying
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