SOLUTION: Solve for y -1/8+9/2y=-7/4 please help

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Question 1130928: Solve for y
-1/8+9/2y=-7/4
please help

Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, greenestamps:
Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

if you have this:











but, in case you have this:









Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


It is very probable that the second term on the left is and not .

But you will get better help with your questions if you make sure you present them clearly, using parentheses where appropriate: -1/8+(9/2)y=-7/4.

Solving is going to be much easier if you don't have to deal with all the fractions, as the other tutor did. So the first thing I would do is multiply the whole equation by the LCD, which is 8:





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