SOLUTION: can you please show me the steps to 5|8-y|=30

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Question 583786: can you please show me the steps to 5|8-y|=30
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, Tatiana_Stebko:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source):
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5|8-y|=30

|8-y|=30/5

|8-y|=6

8-y=6 or 8-y=-6

-y=6-8 or -y=-6-8

-y=-2 or -y=-14

y=2 or y=14

So the solutions are y=2 or y=14
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Answer by Tatiana_Stebko(1539) (Show Source):
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divide by 5

Hence or
or