SOLUTION: Please help me solve for y step for step: |3y-2|+4=21 The answer is 19/3 or -5, but how?

Question 610244: Please help me solve for y step for step:
|3y-2|+4=21
The answer is 19/3 or -5, but how?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
|3y-2|+4=21

|3y-2|=21 -4

|3y-2|=17

3y-2=17 or 3y-2=-17

3y=17+2 or 3y=-17+2

3y=19 or 3y=-15

y=19/3 or y=-15/3

y=19/3 or y=-5
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