How do you solve $1/2y-1/8=7/8$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-19T10:47:25

$y=2$

You would tranfer to the right hand the known term and sum it to the other one:

$1/2y=1/8+7/8->1/2y=1$

The you would solve by multiplying all by 2:

$cancel2*1/cancel2y=2*1->y=2$

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