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OpenStudy (anonymous):

3y - 1.8 = 3y - 1.8

OpenStudy (baldymcgee6):

What about it?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

can you help me solve it

OpenStudy (anonymous):

subtract 3y from both sides and then add 1.8 to both sides

OpenStudy (baldymcgee6):

There's no solving to be done..

OpenStudy (anonymous):

if you did that you would find that you can because y can not equal zero

OpenStudy (baldymcgee6):

why not? -1.8 = -1.8

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you can not leave it like that

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you have to get them on opposite sides variables on one side numbers on the other

OpenStudy (baldymcgee6):

there's no solution to this. It's an equality.

OpenStudy (baldymcgee6):

whatever you put in for y will always be true.

OpenStudy (baldymcgee6):

let me know how you solve for y

OpenStudy (baldymcgee6):

the solution to 3y-1.8=37-1.8 is 0 = 0. This equation is an identity, all real numbers are solutions.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok

OpenStudy (baldymcgee6):

@moser90 got really quiet all of a sudden

OpenStudy (anonymous):

went to have a cig

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