How do you simplify $-180=-2y$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-03T12:21:01

$90 = y$ or $y = 90$

To simplify divide each side by $-2$ to isolate the $y$ term. Remember, a negative divided by a negative is a positve:

$(-180)/(-2) = (-2y)/(-2)$

$90 = (cancel(-2)y)/(cancel(-2))$

$90 = y$ or $y = 90$

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