document.write( "Question 357373: 12+2y=5y-12+5y
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document.write( "Hi,
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document.write( "Note: Generally, one combines like terms and isolates the variable on one side of the equation
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document.write( "12+2y=5y-12+5y
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document.write( "combining like terms
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document.write( "12+2y=10y-12
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document.write( "isolating the variable on one side of the equation
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document.write( "24 = 8y
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document.write( "further isolating by dividing both sides of the equation by 3
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document.write( "3 = y \n" );
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