SOLUTION: Hello, i have been given a math AS head start booklet i must complete and there is one question i cannot seem to get the right answer to. (y-1)/2 + (y+1)/3 = (2y+5)/3

Question 477791: Hello, i have been given a math AS head start booklet i must complete and there is one question i cannot seem to get the right answer to.
(y-1)/2 + (y+1)/3 = (2y+5)/3

i have tried rearranging this so that y is the subject, also multiplying so there is no denomiator, also making a common denominator 6, but icannot get the answer right (which is 2). Please could you help me? thank you so much.
Found 2 solutions by mananth, Theo:
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

LCD = 6
multiply the equation by the LCD 6

3y-3+2y+2=4y+10
3y+2y-4y=10-2+3
y=11
m.ananth@hotmail.ca
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
check out the picture below:
step 1 is your original equation.
step 2 multiplies both sides of the equation by 6.
step 3 shows you the result of the multiplication.
step 4 combines like terms.
step 5 subtracts 4y from both sides of the equation and adds 1 to both sides of the equation.
step 6 combines like terms to get your answer.

send me an email if you have any further questions on this problem.

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