SOLUTION: solve:y-3.5y-3=1.8(y+5.5)

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Question 10290: solve:y-3.5y-3=1.8(y+5.5)
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y-3.5y-3=1.8(y+5.5)

-2.5y-3=1.8y+9.9 <--add 2.5 y to both sides

(-2.5y-3)+2.5y=(1.8y+9.9)+2.5 y
-3=4.3y+9.9 <--subtract 9.9 from both sides

(-3)-9.9=(4.3y+9.9)-9.9

-12.9=4.3y

-129%2F43=43y%2F43

-3=y