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Simplifying <span>4y + -70 = 12y + 2
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Add -12y to each side of the equation. -70 + 4y + -12y = 2 + 12y + -12y
<span>Add 70 to each side of the equation.
-70 + 70 + -8y = 2 + 70
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Divide each side by -8.
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</span>So y = -9 is your answer.
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The function and the first value stated for x are confusing.
Doing some research, I found that the problem is to evaluate the function

for x = - 1 and x 2.
The solution is:
1) For x = - 1

2) For x = 2
38 (average) - 29.777 (this year) = 8.223 inches less this year than the average year.