help!!!!!???????????? (algebra)?

-7 = Y + 12

SUBTRACT 12 ON EACH SIDE

-19 = Y

YOU HAVE TO BALANCE THE EQUATION SO "Y" IS BY ITSELF

y is a variable

subtract 12 from both sides

-7=y+12

-12 -12

-19=y+0

-19=y

Y=-19

y is a variable. It is a number that makes the equation a true statement. To solve for y, you have to "get y by itself" by performing opposite operations on both sides of the equation.

First step: subtract a 12 from both sides.

-7 - 12 = y + 12 - 12

Second step: Subtract the numbers accordingly.

-19 = y + 0

Therefore, -19 = y.

To check that y is -19, plug it back into the equation.

-7 = y + 12

-7 = -19 + 12

-7 = -7.

This is a true statement, therefore it is the correct solution.

-7=y+12

move y to the left and 7 to the right:

-y = 7+12

-y = 19

Since y cannot be - so we multiply it by - again:

(-) -y = (-) 19

y = -19

OR

Simply move 12 to the right in order to make y the subject

y = -7-12

y = -19

Either way y = -19 :)

well think of y as a number and because you don't know y, you need to isolate it in order for you to find the value so...

-7 = y+12

-7-12 =y subtract 12 from y so the right side will be equal to 0 what you do on the right side, you

must also do the same for the left side

-19 = y <----------------that's your answer

hope this helps :)

-7=y+12

subtract 12

-7-12=y

-19=y

You just leave y alone. That's the answer.

Switch the 12 over to the other side this becomes

-12 -7 = y

-19=y

When you move something over, it becomes the opposite such as +12 becomes -12 and *12 becomes /12.

-19 because if there is a negative plus a positive and the negative is higher it will be negative.