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PLZ HELP!!!! y/-3 = 1/6 what does y equal?

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Since y is being divided by -3, and you want y alone, multiply both sides of the equation by -3.

y/-3 = 1/6

-3 * y/(-3) = -3 * 1/6

y = -3/1 * 1/6

y = -3/6

y = -1/2
User Joel Quiles
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y/-3=1/6
-3=6y
-3/6=y
-1/2=y
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