To solve this equation, isolate the variable for which you are solving (a) on one side of the equation and put everything else on the other side.

3a - 8y = 6a - 7y + 9
3a = 6a - 7y + 9 + 8y
3a - 6a = -7y + 9 + 8y
-3a = y + 9
a = \( \frac{y + 9}{-3} \)
a = \( \frac{y}{-3} \) + \( \frac{9}{-3} \)
a = -\(\frac{1}{3}\)y - 3

To multiply binomials, use the FOIL method. FOIL stands for First, Outside, Inside, Last and refers to the position of each term in the parentheses.

To solve this equation, repeatedly do the same thing to both sides of the equation until the variable is isolated on one side of the equal sign and the answer on the other.

-3y + 1 = \( \frac{y}{6} \)
6 x (-3y + 1) = y
(6 x -3y) + (6 x 1) = y
-18y + 6 = y
-18y + 6 - y = 0
-18y - y = -6
-19y = -6
y = \( \frac{-6}{-19} \)
y = \(\frac{6}{19}\)

To multiply monomials, multiply the coefficients (the numbers that come before the variables) of each term, add the exponents of like variables, and multiply the different variables together.

(3a)(5ab) - (4a²)(4b)
(3 x 5)(a x a x b) - (4 x 4)(a² x b)
(15)(a¹⁺¹ x b) - (16)(a²b)
15a²b - 16a²b
-1a²b

A line on the coordinate grid can be defined by a slope-intercept equation: y = mx + b. For a given value of x, the value of y can be determined given the slope (m) and y-intercept (b) of the line. The slope of a line is change in y over change in x, \({\Delta y \over \Delta x}\), and the y-intercept is the y-coordinate where the line crosses the vertical y-axis.