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What is -12 = -3y? Can you pls help me

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Answer:

y = 4

Explanation:

-12= -3y

Divide both sides of the equation by

the same term


( - 12)/( - 3) = ( - 3y)/( - 3)

Simplify

Divide the numbers

Cancel terms that are in both the

merator and denominator

Move the variable to the left

y = 4

User Salil Rajkarnikar
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