Question

How do you solve `-(4y+1)-(-3y-6)=4`?

Answer 1

`y=1`

Explanation:

`-(4y+1)-(-3y-6)=4`

Keeping in mind that the product of two negatives is a positive and the product of a negative and a positive is a negative, open the brackets and simplify.

`-4y-1+3y+6=4`

`-y+5=4`

Add `y` to each side.

`5=4+y`

Subtract `4` from each side.

`1=y` or `y=1`