Isolate the y. Note the equal sign. What you do to one side, you do to the other. Subtract 4.58 form both sides
4.58 (-4.58) + y = 2.5 (-4.58)
y = 2.5 - 4.58
y = -2.08
-2.08 is your answer
hope this helps
I am not sure of the correct answer but cross multiply to find which has the bigger number and smallest to put them in order.
As far as I'm aware, you can't use the distributive property for a simple multiplication problem. However, the answer to 9 x 76 is 684. Hope this helped!
-TTL
