SOLUTION: y/4 + 1 = C I started working this problem out. I started by multiplying by 4 on both sides, getting y+1=4c. I subtracted 1, getting y=4c-1. I thought that was the solution, how

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Question 987607: y/4 + 1 = C
I started working this problem out. I started by multiplying by 4 on both sides, getting y+1=4c. I subtracted 1, getting y=4c-1. I thought that was the solution, however I typically check my work on a few apps I have, just because I like knowing I got the right answer and then when I get something different I can try to find what I did wrong. Both things I checked said the correct solution was y=4c-4 and for some reason I don't know how they got the -4 at the end.
Found 3 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy, Alan3354:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Why need any "apps"? This does not need anything complicated. You just made an arithmetic mistake.

(Stay with one case level or the other.)
Answer by MathTherapy(10551)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

y/4 + 1 = C
I started working this problem out. I started by multiplying by 4 on both sides, getting y+1=4c. I subtracted 1, getting y=4c-1. I thought that was the solution, however I typically check my work on a few apps I have, just because I like knowing I got the right answer and then when I get something different I can try to find what I did wrong. Both things I checked said the correct solution was y=4c-4 and for some reason I don't know how they got the -4 at the end.
When you multiplied the left-side by 4, you should've gotten: y + 4, NOT y + 1. This is where you made the mistake. You failed to multiply + 1 by 4. 

Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 What is the problem?



y/4 + 1 = C is not a problem, it's an equation. 

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