Guess and check 5y-9=16 5y - 9 = 16

Question

Guess and check 5y-9=16

`5y - 9 = 16`

Answer 1

to solve this problem you do this:

-first you add 9 to both sides to eliminate the 9
-you then divide by 5 to both sides to get the y by itself
-and your left with y=5