Question

-4y + 17 < 29

Answer 1

First we subtract both sides by 17.
-4y +17 < 29
-17 -17
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-4y<12
Now we divide both sides by -4 to leave the y alone.
-4y/-4>12/-4
y>-3 [Notice that we flipped the inequality sign around. We do this whenever we divide with negative numbers]

-Hope that helps :)