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4y + 12 = 12 + 4y
solve!

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Answer: All Real Numbers

Explanation: Notice that when you try to put your variables together on one side of the equation by subtracting 4y from both sides, the y terms cancel out on both sides and we no longer have a variable in the equation.

Notice however that we are left with the statement 12 = 12.

Since 12 = 12 is a true statement, we say that

the solution to this equation is all real numbers.

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