Question

Y over -2 plus 5 equal 13

Answer 1

Set it up in an equation :
(Y/-2) + 5 = 13

Answer 2

Now you want to get Y alone on one side of the equation

Answer 3

Do you know how to do that?

Answer 4

14 + 12y ≤ 50

12y ≤ 36

y ≤ 3

Answer 5

no

Answer 6

I can explain it if you want?

Answer 7

yes please

Answer 8

Okay. So you have your equation set up :
(Y/-2) + 5 = 13

Answer 9

Whatever you do to one side you must do the other side.

Answer 10

So if we want to get Y alone, we would have to remove the rest of that side...

Answer 11

yes....y+10=13 idk

Answer 12

To remove the +5, we would subtract 5 to cancel it out.
Since we are subtracting 5 from one side, we must also subtract it from the other side.

Answer 13

So it would look like this :
(Y/-2) + 5 = 13
(Y/-2) + 5 - 5 = 13 - 5
(Y/-2) = 8

Answer 14

Do you understand it so far?

Answer 15

y/-2=8

Answer 16

yes

Answer 17

Yes, so now we want to get rid of the /-2

Answer 18

So we would multiply by -2.
It would look like this
Y/-2 * -2 = 8 * -2

Answer 19

I think you can figure out the value of Y from here. I'll tell you if you're correct.

Answer 20

thanks for helping me understand it

Answer 21

-16

Answer 22

You're welcome! Math can seem really confusing, I know. But it is actually pretty interesting once you get someone to explain it :)

Answer 23

Yep, that's correct. Glad I could help!