I can\'t figure out how to get an anwer for 5(y-1)=2y+1 Ithink my next step is 5

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I can't figure out how to get an anwer for 5(y-1)=2y+1                               Ithink my next step is 5y-5=2y+1                                      thenmaybe 5y-2y = 3y-5=1                                                                      3y-5=1+5                                                                      3y=6                                                                       3y=6                                                                         y=2 Did I work this problem correctly? If not, can someoneshow me how it should be done?       I can't figure out how to get an anwer for 5(y-1)=2y+1                               Ithink my next step is 5y-5=2y+1                                      thenmaybe 5y-2y = 3y-5=1                                                                      3y-5=1+5                                                                      3y=6                                                                       3y=6                                                                         y=2 Did I work this problem correctly? If not, can someoneshow me how it should be done?      

Explanation / Answer

you did do it correcty, first you expanded the brackets to get5y - 5 then you collected like terms whcih was 5y - 2y = 3y and 1 + 5= 6 then you solved for y whcih is y = 6/3 = 2

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