Hi, Marquitta.
I’m assuming your question is how to solve this problem for y. Let me give you a similar question to walk you through the challenging parts of this equation.
Consider: (3x)-(-8x+2)=4, solve for x
The first thing I’d want to do is eliminate that irritating double negative. So, I’m going to rewrite the problem.
(3x)-1(-8x+2) = 4
When you recognize that there is really a (-1) multiplying the expression (-8x-2), you can see that we can go ahead and use the distributive property to make those negatives go away:
(3x)-1(-8x+2)=4 -1( -8x) = 8x
-1(2) = -2
3x + 8x -2 = 4
Now, we can combine like terms and solve:
3x + 8x -2 = 4 3x + 8x = 11x
11x -2 = 4 add 2 to both sides
11x=6 divide by the coefficient of x, 11
x = 6/11 fractional answer!
Your problem is very similar. If you get stuck, just do what I did. The numbers are different, but the process is exactly the same.
Let me know if you need more help! Thanks for the question!
Mrs. Young
