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Solve for $y$ . $\newline$ $–(y + 1) = –5$ $\newline$ $y =$ _____

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Solve equations with the distributive property

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Q. Solve for

y

.

\newline

–(y + 1) = –5

\newline

y =

_____

Remove negative sign: Step $1$ : Remove the negative sign from both sides by dividing by $-1$ . $\newline$ $-\frac{(y + 1)}{-1} = \frac{-5}{-1}$ $\newline$ $y + 1 = 5$
Isolate y: Step $2$ : Isolate y by subtracting $1$ from both sides. $\newline$ $y + 1 - 1 = 5 - 1$ $\newline$ $y = 4$

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