The only way this will be true is that both 3's on either side are raised to the 24th power, and in order to make the 12 a 24 you must multiply it by 2, so x is 2
3x + 2y = 12 subtract 3x from both sides 2y = -3x + 12 divide all terms by 2 so that you can have only the y on the left side y = -3/2x + 6 And that is your answer! Hope this helped!! :)
