How do you solve $12y+8=10$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-28T23:17:18

$color(navy)"y = 0.16666"$

$color(orange)("Subtract 8 on both sides:")$

$12y+cancel8= 10$
$color(white)(aaa)-cancel8$ $color(white)(a) -8$

8 cancels out on the left side, and when you subtract 8 from 10 on the right you get 2:

$12y = 2$

$color(blue)("Divide both sides by 12 to get y by itself.")$

$(cancel"12"y)/cancel"12"=(2)/12$

Now you are just left with $y$ on the left side and 0.1666 on the right side.

Thus,
$color(magenta)"y = 0.16666"$

How do you solve 12y+8=1012y+8=10?