Question

y/5 + 10=15? Please help!

Answer 1

What are we doing with it.

Answer 2

Solving for y.

Answer 3

We have to cancel out terms and isolate y.

Do you know how we can cancel out +10?

Answer 4

Wait....Im confused...(im in 7th grade btw)

Answer 5

We have to move all terms on the left, except y, to the right so that we are left with y.

Answer 6

For example:

x + 16 = 30
Solve for x

x + 16 - 16 = 30 - 16
x = 14

See what I did there?

Answer 7

OH! I got it. Peiced it together.Thank you. Medal!

Answer 8

And remember:

multiplication cancels out division.

division cancels out multiplication.