How do you solve $- 5 y - 9 = 74$ $-5y-9=74$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2014-09-28T14:37:53

$- 5 y - 9 = 74$ $-5y -9 = 74$

adding $9$ $9$ to both sides we get;

$- 5 y - 9 + 9 = 74 + 9$ $-5y -9 +9 = 74+9$

$- 5 y = 83$ $-5y = 83$

dividing both sides by -5 we get;

$\frac{- 5 y}{- 5} = \frac{83}{- 5}$ $(-5y) /-5 = 83 /-5$

$y = - \frac{83}{5}$ $y = -83 / 5$

$y = - 16.6$ $y = - 16.6$

How do you solve −5y−9=74-5y-9=74?