Can 2xy - y - 1 be factored out? How?

about all you can do is take the common y out of the first two terms; that in itself is not much help.

dont know if this is rite or not..but just a guess..

assuming
2xy - y - 1 = 0

2xy - y = 1

y(2x-1)= 1

fingers crossed...hopefully thts rite!

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