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5x - 2y = 12 solve for y

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5(0) - 2y = 12
-2y = 12
-2y/ -2 = 12/-2
y= -6
or
-2y = -5x +12
y= 5/2x -6
User Ryan Soderberg
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1)minus 5x
5x-2y=12
-5x -5x
__________
-2y=-5x+12

2) divide by -2
Y= 5/2x -6 or y= 2½x -6
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