Answer:
y = -4
Step-by-step explanation:
If we look at xy + 5y, we see that both terms share a factor of y. This gives us
y(x + 5) + 4x + 20 = 1
Similarly, 4x and 20 share a factor of 4, giving us
y(x + 5) + 4(x + 5) = 1
Now we see that these two terms share a factor of x + 5, so factoring gives us
(y + 4)(x + 5) = 1
Dividing both sides by y+4 gives us
x + 5 = 1/(y + 4)
Finally, we subtract both sides by 5 to get
x = 1/(y + 4) - 5
Thus, since we can not have a 0 in the denominator, we see that if y = -4 then x will have no solution. For any other value of y, we can find the solution for x using this equation.
