Basic Math Examples

$- 6 (y + 8) - 44 = 5 - 43$

Step 1

Simplify $- 6 (y + 8) - 44$ .

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Step 1.1

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.1.1

Apply the distributive property.

$- 6 y - 6 \cdot 8 - 44 = 5 - 43$

Step 1.1.2

Multiply $- 6$ by $8$ .

$- 6 y - 48 - 44 = 5 - 43$

Step 1.2

Subtract $44$ from $- 48$ .

$- 6 y - 92 = 5 - 43$

Step 2

Subtract $43$ from $5$ .

$- 6 y - 92 = - 38$

Step 3

Move all terms not containing $y$ to the right side of the equation.

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Step 3.1

Add $92$ to both sides of the equation.

$- 6 y = - 38 + 92$

Step 3.2

Add $- 38$ and $92$ .

$- 6 y = 54$

Step 4

Divide each term in $- 6 y = 54$ by $- 6$ and simplify.

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Step 4.1

Divide each term in $- 6 y = 54$ by $- 6$ .

$\frac{- 6 y}{- 6} = \frac{54}{- 6}$

Step 4.2

Simplify the left side.

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Step 4.2.1

Cancel the common factor of $- 6$ .

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Step 4.2.1.1

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{- 6 y}{- 6} = \frac{54}{- 6}$

Step 4.2.1.2

Divide $y$ by $1$ .

$y = \frac{54}{- 6}$

Step 4.3

Simplify the right side.

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Step 4.3.1

Divide $54$ by $- 6$ .

$y = - 9$