SOLUTION: y-2=-4 What is y?

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Question 188129: y-2=-4
What is y?

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the equation is simply , then...

Start with the given equation


Add 2 to both sides


Combine like terms.


The solution is (if the equation is )




OR....


Note: Use the caret symbol ^ to signify an exponent

Ex: x squared = x^2
Ex: y to the negative 2nd power = y^(-2)




If the problem is really (since you posted the problem to the exponents section), then....


Start with the given equation


Rewrite as


Multiply both sides by


Divide both sides by


Reduce


Rearrange the equation


or Take the square root of both sides


or Simplify


So the solutions are or (if the equation is )

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