SOLUTION: [y-5]-2=10

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Question 98400: [y-5]-2=10







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Two conditions for absolute values:
Condition #1:
y-5-2=10
y-7=10
y=10+7
y=17
and
Condition #2
y-5-2=-10
y-7=-10
y=-10+7
y=-3
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So y=17 or y=-3