Thank You, Declan for answering my question, but I am still haiving trouble on the problem, could you explain to me of how you went about getting the answer -55/4, in deeper detail.

If you want to avoid fractions, you might want to look at my solution to your question when you first posted it

http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1328440122

You could take my equation

9x - 8y = 110
8y = 9x - 110
divide by 8
y = (9/8)x - 110/8
y = (9/8)x - 55/4

and end up with the same equation that Declan had at the end

I much prefer my method to working with all those factions.

Thank You Reiny for your help, I accidentally posted the question under the other student's question, I apoloigze.

Of course, I'd be happy to explain in more detail how I arrived at the answer of -55/4.

To calculate -55/4, we need to divide -55 by 4. Division is the process of finding how many times a number (the divisor) can fit into another number (the dividend).

To divide -55 by 4, we will follow these steps:

Step 1: Write down -55 as the dividend and 4 as the divisor.

Step 2: Divide the absolute value of the dividend (55) by the absolute value of the divisor (4). Since both numbers are positive, we can ignore the negative signs for now.

55 divided by 4 is equal to 13 with a remainder of 3. So, we can write this as 13 remainder 3.

Step 3: Now, let's bring back the negative sign to the quotient. Since the original dividend, -55, was negative, the quotient will also be negative.

So, our quotient is -13.

Step 4: To represent the quotient as a fraction, we write the -13 as the numerator and the divisor, 4, as the denominator.

Therefore, the final answer is -55/4.

I hope this detailed explanation helps you understand the steps involved in finding the answer. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask!