SOLUTION: Hello, I recently took an assessment and now I'm doing a test revision. This is one of the problems I got wrong: 6(2y+5)-4(y-3)=7 Can you help me solve the equation for y? I

Question 374754: Hello, I recently took an assessment and now I'm doing a test revision. This is one of the problems I got wrong:
6(2y+5)-4(y-3)=7
Can you help me solve the equation for y? I tried and got 25 over 8 (as in a fraction), but I don't remember what I did, because the test was almost 3 weeks ago.
Thanks in advance.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given equation.

Distribute.

Combine like terms on the left side.

Subtract from both sides.

Combine like terms on the right side.

Divide both sides by to isolate .

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Answer:

So the solution is

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