SOLUTION: -1/8(y+3)=-1/5(y+1/6)

Question 734245: -1/8(y+3)=-1/5(y+1/6)

Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
Let's multiply this -1/8(y+3)=-1/5(y+1/6) by -40 to get:
5(y+3)=8(y+1/6)
Expand:
5y+15=8y+4/3
Multiply be 3:
15y+45=24y+4
Subtract 4 and 15y to get:
41=9y
Divide by 9:
y=41/9
Make sense?
RJ
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