Lin plans to swim 12 laps and has already swum 9.75 laps, so the number of laps she has left to swim can be found by subtracting 9.75 from 12:
y = 12 - 9.75
Simplifying the right side:
y = 2.25
Therefore, Lin has 2.25 laps left to swim.
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