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I don’t understand how to do this, someone please help :)

Solve for y

I don’t understand how to do this, someone please help :) Solve for y-example-1
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| 2 | is absolute value, which means you turn the number inside to positive, which it already is. Because there is a negative symbol on the OUTSIDE of the lines, the 2 becomes a -2.

y = -2 + 10

-2 + 10 = 8

y = 8
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