SOLUTION: How do you do -2y=-3

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Question 29095: How do you do -2y=-3
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How do you do -2y=-3
[The question is (-2) X(?)= -3
Since negative multiplied by positive alone gives negative, this (?) should be positive and since 2X(3/2) gives 3,our (?) should be (3/2), so that
(-2)X(3/2) = -3 ]
-2y= -3
Dividing by (-2)
(-2)y/(-2) =(-3)/(-2)
y= +(3/2)