# How do you solve y- 5.8= 2.9?

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Tony B Share
Feb 16, 2017

$y = 8.7$

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Given:$\text{ } \textcolor{g r e e n}{y - 5.8 = 2.9}$

Add $\textcolor{red}{5.8}$ to both sides

$\textcolor{g r e e n}{y - 5.8 \textcolor{red}{+ 5.8} \text{ "=" } 2.9 \textcolor{red}{+ 5.8}}$

But $- 5.8 + 5.8 = 0$ giving:

$y + 0 = 2.9 + 5.8$

$y = 8.7$

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Jan 31, 2017

Here is how...

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First, PEMDAS. The image below explains what PEMDAS is...

You have to flip it around for SADMEP, because you are doing the exact opposite of an equation. So first, we start with subtraction and addition.

$y - 5.8 = 2.9$
$y - 5.8 = 2.9$
$+ 5.8 = + 5.8$
$\textcolor{m a \ge n t a}{y = 8.7}$

If there was more to the equation, you could use all of PEMDAS, but this is a good example of a simple equation.

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