How do you solve $-2.1y-3=-1.8$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2014-09-28T14:26:23

$-2.1 y -3 = -1.8$

adding $3$ to both sides we get;

$-2.1 y -3 +3 = -1.8 + 3$

$-2.1 y = 1.2$

dividing both sides by $-2.1$

$(-2.1 y) /-2.1 = 1.2 / -2.1$

$y = - 1.2 /2.1$

$y = -0.4/ 0.7$

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