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"#