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How do you solve $5/( y - 2) = y+2$ ?

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Aug 13, 2016

$5/(y-2)=y+2$
or
$(y-2)(y+2)=5$
or
$y^2-4=5$
or
$y^2=5+4$
or
$y^2=9$
or
$y=sqrt9$
or
$y=+-3$

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