SOLUTION: How do you this problem? I know the answer (it is 1), but when I do it I get 2. 8y-(2y-3)=9 When I did this one, i took out the parenthesis and simplified to 6y-3=9. Then I added

Question 17229: How do you this problem? I know the answer (it is 1), but when I do it I get 2.
8y-(2y-3)=9
When I did this one, i took out the parenthesis and simplified to 6y-3=9. Then I added 3 to each side, and got 6y=12. then i got y=2, which is wrong. Can you explain how you do this?
Answer by pwac(253) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
when you took out parenthesis it should have been +3
- or + in front of bracket on their own means a 1 should be there
e.g 8y-1(2y-3)=9 this changes your simplification to
8y-2y+3=9
6y=6
y=1
Pete
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