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

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Question 1130949: Solve for y
-1/8+9/2y=-7/4

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Assume you mean
y =
Multiply equation by 8, cancel the denominators
-1 + 4(9)y = 2(-7)
-1 + 36y = -14
36y = -14 + 1
36y = -13
y =
y =

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