Question 25380
This is like the last one we did, but you have a -2 on the left side.  To simplify this, just add +2 to each side, and you will get {{{abs(y-5) = 12}}}.


For this there will be two solutions:


First solution:
y-5 = 12
y-5+5 = 12+5
y= 17


Second solution:
y-5 = -12
y -5+5 = -12 +5
y = -7


Check by substiting back into the original equation.  They both work!


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