How do you combine like terms in 8y - 9- 6y - 3?

1 Answer
Oct 22, 2016

We can rearrange the terms first to make it easier to understand:

8y-6y-9-3

Let's work on the y-variables first.

8-6=2, so therefore 8y-6y=2y

Now we have 2y-9-3.

We can repeat the process with the numbers: 9-3=6

Since 9-3=6, the equation becomes 2y-6.