Basic Math Examples

$4 (y - 1) - 12 = 0$

Step 1

Simplify $4 (y - 1) - 12$ .

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Step 1.1

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.1.1

Apply the distributive property.

$4 y + 4 \cdot - 1 - 12 = 0$

Step 1.1.2

Multiply $4$ by $- 1$ .

$4 y - 4 - 12 = 0$

$4 y - 4 - 12 = 0$

Step 1.2

Subtract $12$ from $- 4$ .

$4 y - 16 = 0$

$4 y - 16 = 0$

Step 2

Add $16$ to both sides of the equation.

$4 y = 16$

Step 3

Divide each term in $4 y = 16$ by $4$ and simplify.

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Step 3.1

Divide each term in $4 y = 16$ by $4$ .

$\frac{4 y}{4} = \frac{16}{4}$

Step 3.2

Simplify the left side.

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Step 3.2.1

Cancel the common factor of $4$ .

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Step 3.2.1.1

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{4 y}{4} = \frac{16}{4}$

Step 3.2.1.2

Divide $y$ by $1$ .

$y = \frac{16}{4}$

$y = \frac{16}{4}$

$y = \frac{16}{4}$

Step 3.3

Simplify the right side.

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Step 3.3.1

Divide $16$ by $4$ .

$y = 4$

$y = 4$

$y = 4$

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