How do you solve #y - 10 = 14#?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-05T16:50:02

#y=24#

#y-10=14#

#y=14+10#

#y=24#

Answer 2 · 2018-07-05T17:31:25

#y=24#

#"isolate "y" by adding 10 to both sides of the equation"#

#y=14+10=24#

Answer 3 · 2018-07-05T22:16:06

#y=24#

To isolate #y#, we want to add #10# to both sides. This is intuitive because it will cancel the #-10#, because we only want a #y# on the left.

We get

#y=10+14#

#=>y=24#

Hope this helps!