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What is 2y > 4 simplified

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Divide both sides by 2:


2y>4\rightarrow(2y)/(2)>(4)/(2)\rightarrow y>2

Note: Remember that dividing or multiplying by a negative number turns the inequality around! In this case we divided by a positive number, so it stayed the same.

This way, the simplified expression would be:


y>2