Question

if you have let's say y*(((x+5)-2)/y) can i say that this equals to (x+5)-2??

Answer 1

if the capital Y = y then yes you can

Answer 2

\[y*\frac{ x+5 }{ y }-2 =(x+5)-2\]

Answer 3

not sure what the capital Y means or what's the difference

Answer 4

The y's cancel out (assuming \(y \ne 0\).
So what you have is correct.

Answer 5

now what if the original equation is y*c and i'm substituting \[\frac{ x+5 }{ y }-2 \] for c

Answer 6

\[
y * \left ( \frac{ x+5 }{ y }-2\right) = x + 5 - 2y
\]