If a negative sign or a subtraction symbol appears outside parentheses, remove the parentheses and change the sign of every term within the parentheses
3y−y+19
Subtract the terms
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Evaluate
3y−y
Collect like terms by calculating the sum or difference of their coefficients
(3−1)y
Subtract the numbers
2y
2y+19
2y+19=2y
Cancel equal terms on both sides of the expression