Solve for x y=-18x+144

$y = - 18 x + 144$

Step 1

Rewrite the equation as $- 18 x + 144 = y$ .

$- 18 x + 144 = y$

Step 2

Subtract $144$ from both sides of the equation.

$- 18 x = y - 144$

Step 3

Divide each term in $- 18 x = y - 144$ by $- 18$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $- 18 x = y - 144$ by $- 18$ .

$\frac{- 18 x}{- 18} = \frac{y}{- 18} + \frac{- 144}{- 18}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $- 18$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{- 18 x}{- 18} = \frac{y}{- 18} + \frac{- 144}{- 18}$

Divide $x$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{y}{- 18} + \frac{- 144}{- 18}$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify each term.

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$x = - \frac{y}{18} + \frac{- 144}{- 18}$

Divide $- 144$ by $- 18$ .

$x = - \frac{y}{18} + 8$