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What value of y makes the number sentence shown true?

y−3=15

User Garth Mason
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Y-3=15
y-3=15+3=18
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Y=-3+3 cancels each other out. And gives you y alone but REMEMBER WHAT YOU DO TO ONE SIDE YOU HAVE TO DO ON THE OTHER.

That is why you see that -3 becomes + 3 when moved to get y=18

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User Sylber
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Answer:

18

Explanation:

y-3=15

+3 +3

if you add 3 to the other side, you would get:

y=18

User Mischa Vreeburg
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