9y - 11 + 7 ?? how do i do this?

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9y - 11 + 7  ?? how do i do this?

anonymous · Answer

Put your varibles on one side of the = sign and your constants on the other. then you must divide both sides by 9 inorder to give you a statment y=?

amistre64 · Answer

there isnt an equals sign so that would be rather pointless :)

amistre64 · Answer

add the like terms and leave it as is....

anonymous · Answer

9y=-11+7
9y=16

anonymous · Answer

am i wrong? lol

amistre64 · Answer

9y does not equal -11+7

amistre64 · Answer

if anything:

 9y -11+7 = 9y -4

anonymous · Answer

is there a equal sign in your problem?

amistre64 · Answer

yes, and heres why.

5 = 5  is a true statement

8r=8r is a true statement

9y-4 = 9y-4 is a true statement

solving for y?  it can be any number it wants to be...thers nothing restricting its use right?

amistre64 · Answer

9y-4 = 0 can be solved for y IF and only IF 9y-4 = 0

amistre64 · Answer

otherwise:

9y-4 = 9y-4   its an identity

amistre64 · Answer

barring any typos from the poster :)  theres not much else we can do with it

anonymous · Answer

I agree I was just putting in a = sign becaue i thought she was trying to solve for y.

amistre64 · Answer

I understand :)  and that would have been a good approach, except for we just dont know what to equal it to to begin with ;)

anonymous · Answer

amistre64 can you a take a look at the question i posted about the tangent line please

amistre64 · Answer

i can if I can find it :)  is it recent or past?

anonymous · Answer

about 15 min ago, i will repost