document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=972253>Question 972253</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please solve it. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2y+1/5) -(3y-2/10 )+(y/2) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #594600 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=594600\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the answer is (-5y+4)/10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "see the attached worksheet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "step 1 is the original equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in step 2 we multiply everything by 10 and remove the parentheses.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in step 3 we combine like terms.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in step 4 we divide everything by 10.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "we are left with (-5y+4)/10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "what i did was multiply everything by 10/10 which is the same as multiplying everything by 1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i first multiplied everything by 10.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "after i was done wtih that operation, i then divided everything by 10.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the end result was that i multiplied everything by 10/10.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the whole idea was to get everything under the common denominator of 10.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i check the answer and it's good.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you can check yourself by replacing y with any random value.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "evaluate the original expression using that value of y and evalutate the final expression using that value of y and you should get the same answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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