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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Solve. 4y + 16 > –8 A. y > –6 B. y > –2 C. y > 2 D. y > 6

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@thomaster

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@iGreen

OpenStudy (yanasidlinskiy):

You can leave off the > sign and put an = sign to not get confused. Do you know what the first step is?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@YanaSidlinskiy

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@leonardo0430

OpenStudy (yanasidlinskiy):

So the first step is to get 4y by itself. To get 4y by itself, we need to do the opposite of adding 16. What's the opposite of adding 16? RULE: What we do to one side we do it to the other.

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