Solve -9y -6y-5 - ScanMath

Question

Simplify the expression

- 15 y - 5

Evaluate

- 9 y - 6 y - 5

Solution

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Evaluate

- 9 y - 6 y

Collect like terms by calculating the sum or difference of their coefficients

(- 9 - 6) y

Subtract the numbers

- 15 y

- 15 y - 5

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- 5 (3 y + 1)

Evaluate

- 9 y - 6 y - 5

Subtract the terms

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Evaluate

- 9 y - 6 y

Collect like terms by calculating the sum or difference of their coefficients

(- 9 - 6) y

Subtract the numbers

- 15 y

- 15 y - 5

Solution

- 5 (3 y + 1)

Show Solution

y = - \frac{1}{3}

Alternative Form

y = - 0. \dot{3}

Evaluate

- 9 y - 6 y - 5

To find the roots of the expression,set the expression equal to 0

- 9 y - 6 y - 5 = 0

Subtract the terms

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Simplify

- 9 y - 6 y

Collect like terms by calculating the sum or difference of their coefficients

(- 9 - 6) y

Subtract the numbers

- 15 y

- 15 y - 5 = 0

Move the constant to the right-hand side and change its sign

- 15 y = 0 + 5

Removing 0 doesn't change the value,so remove it from the expression

- 15 y = 5

Change the signs on both sides of the equation

15 y = - 5

Divide both sides

\frac{15 y}{15} = \frac{- 5}{15}

Divide the numbers

y = \frac{- 5}{15}

Solution

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Evaluate

\frac{- 5}{15}

Cancel out the common factor 5

\frac{- 1}{3}

Use \frac{- a}{b} = \frac{a}{- b} = - \frac{a}{b} to rewrite the fraction

- \frac{1}{3}

y = - \frac{1}{3}

Alternative Form

y = - 0. \dot{3}

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