What is the value of x so that the ordered pair (x, 1) is a solution to the equation 3x - y = 17? A. B. 6 C. 14 D. 20

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Parker Winters

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15 October, 01:22

What is the value of x so that the ordered pair (x, 1) is a solution to the equation 3x - y = 17? A. B. 6 C. 14 D. 20

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Timmy · Answer 1

Its B. 6 because when you plug in 1 for y the equation is 3x-1=17 and you have to cancel out y to get 3x=18 by itself because you have to add 1 to the 17 since you canceled it out of the equation then you are left with 3x=18 and you divide both sides by 3 and then 18 divided by 3 is 6 so x=6