Using the Property of Equality, what first step would you take to rearrange the formula y=mx+b using x as the quantity of interest?(1 point)

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Subtract mx from both sides.
Subtract m x from both sides.

Subtract b from both sides of the equation.
Subtract b from both sides of the equation.

Divide both sides by m.
Divide both sides by m .

Divide both sides by y.

Answer 1

To rearrange the formula \( y = mx + b \) using \( x \) as the quantity of interest, the first step should be to isolate \( mx \). The appropriate initial step is:

Subtract \( b \) from both sides of the equation.

So, you would write:

\[ y - b = mx \]

From there, you can further isolate \( x \) by dividing both sides by \( m \).