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What is the value of y that satisfies the equation below y/2=9

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Answer:

y/2 = 9

In order to find the value of y, we must first isolate y by performing inverse operations.

Right now, y is being divided by 2, so the inverse operation of division is multiplication.

So we multiply by 2 on both sides:

y/2 = 9

*2 *2

2/2y = 18

y = 18

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