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5y + 4(-5 + 3y) = 1 – y solve step by step please

User Pyton
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Answer:


\boxed {y = (7)/(6)}

Explanation:

Solve for the value of
y:


5y + 4( -5 + 3y) = 1 - y

-Use Distributive Property:


5y + 4( -5 + 3y) = 1 - y


5y - 20 + 12y = 1 - y

-Combine like terms:


5y - 20 + 12y = 1 - y


17y - 20 = 1 - y

-Take
-y and add it to
17y:


17y + y - 20 = 1 - y + y


18y - 20 = 1

-Add
20 on both sides:


18y - 20 + 20 = 1 + 20


18y = 21

-Divide both sides by
18:


(18y)/(18) = (21)/(18)


\boxed {y = (7)/(6)}

Therefore, the value of
y is
(7)/(6).

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