Question

5y=85 in simplest form

Answer 1

5y = 85
y = 85/5
y = 17

Answer 2

Hi there!

Great question! :D

We'll start by dividing both sides by 5.

It looks something like this:

$\frac{5y}{5} = \frac{85}{5}$

$x = 17$

So, $y = 17$

When in doubt of the answer, we substitute the variable for the 17 we got.

How?

Since a variable next to a number means to multiply, we'll set up our problem as a multiplication one.

5 × 17 = 85

This is a TRUE statement.

Hope this helps! :D