SOLUTION: what is -3(5-y)=-60? what is the answer to that and how do you solve it? im a 8th grader at Bear Creek Middle School

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Question 63685: what is -3(5-y)=-60? what is the answer to that and how do you solve it? im a 8th grader at Bear Creek Middle School
Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
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-3(5-Y)=-60
-15+3Y=-60
3Y=-60+15
3Y=-45
Y=-45/3
Y=-15
PROOF
-3(5-[-15])=-60
-3(5+15)=-60
-3(20)=-60
-60=-60