Solve for x ax-b=cy

$a x - b = c y$

Step 1

Add $b$ to both sides of the equation.

$a x = c y + b$

Step 2

Divide each term in $a x = c y + b$ by $a$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $a x = c y + b$ by $a$ .

$\frac{a x}{a} = \frac{c y}{a} + \frac{b}{a}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $a$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{a x}{a} = \frac{c y}{a} + \frac{b}{a}$

Divide $x$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{c y}{a} + \frac{b}{a}$