How do you solve $13 - 4 y = 25$ $13-4y=25$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-02T04:29:10

$y = - 3$ $y=-3$

The equation is:

$13 - 4 y = 25$ $13-4y=25$

Subtracting $13$ $13$ from both sides:

$13 - 13 - 4 y = 25 - 13$ $13-13-4y=25-13$

$- 4 y = 12$ $-4y=12$

Dividing both sides by $- 4$ $-4$

$y = \frac{12}{- 4}$ $y=12/-4$

$y = - 3$ $y=-3$

How do you solve 13−4y=2513-4y=25?