Question

5y+2=1/2(10y+4)

Answer 1

Is it asking you to solve for y?

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

Ok, the left side looks ok for now, but we need to do something to the right side. It would help to simplify the right side.

Answer 4

Can you see anything you can do to the 1/2(10y+4) ?

Answer 5

distributive property?

Answer 6

Yep. Multiply it out.

Answer 7

You should end up with 5y+2.

Answer 8

yeah I got that

Answer 9

Ok, so now it says that 5y+2=5y+2..makes sense, right? Anything you put in for y is going to give you same answer on the left and right side of the equation.

Answer 10

Even you use the original equation you will get the same answer on the left and right side.

Answer 11

Okay thank you so much