SOLUTION: |5y-2| = |4y+7| Can someone please solve this for me, step by step? I have no idea what I'm doing.

Algebra.Com
Question 1073174: |5y-2| = |4y+7|
Can someone please solve this for me, step by step? I have no idea what I'm doing.
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Either the signs of the values of 5y-2 and 4y+7 are the same or they are opposite. Solve for BOTH cases, and test if either of the results does or does not work in the original equation.



Solution set of values for y:
 and
.
Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

|5y-2| = |4y+7|
Can someone please solve this for me, step by step? I have no idea what I'm doing.
1) Drop absolute-value bars and solve like you do any regular equation.
   You should get: 


2) Drop absolute-value bars on RIGHT side, and NEGATE LEFT-SIDE, or drop absolute-value bars on LEFT side, and NEGATE RIGHT-SIDE. 
   Solve to get:

RELATED QUESTIONS

x-3/4=x/2 solve for x, and will you please go step by step because i have no idea what to (answered by stanbon)
Can someone solve this for me step by step so that I have a better understanding, please? (answered by richwmiller)
can someone help me with this I dont know what to do can you please explain this to me... (answered by josgarithmetic)
can someone please show me how to solve this step by step? I need to simplify this.... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)
Can someone please show me step by step how to solve this problem using matrices? I’m... (answered by ewatrrr,stanbon)
Could you show your work, step by step, on how this expression 15x^2-16xy+4y^2 would be... (answered by stanbon,jim_thompson5910)
Please help me solve this equation. {{{4d^2 - 25}}} Step by step instructions... (answered by Earlsdon)
Can someone please help me here? I am so confused, I am seeing so many different... (answered by stanbon)
Hello, Not sure how to find the solution to this: The number 297 is 24 3/4% of which... (answered by josgarithmetic)