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Solve the equation
5y+6(3-y)-4y-7
Then show your work

User Ray Kim
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Answer: 11 - 5y
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Working:
5y + 6(3 - y) - 4y - 7
= 5y + 18 - 6y - 4y - 7
= 11 - 5y

You should "open" the brackets before anything else and then start adding and subtracting the ones with the "y" together and the normal numbers together
User Simon Woker
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