When simplifying the equation 4y-4y-12=14-2, first you combine like terms. 4y-4y-12=14-2 0y-12=12 Then the y cancels out because of the 0 and you get -12=12. Since -12=12 is false, this means that this equation has zero solutions. Hope this helps!
John's method will find you the price of each individual can of soda.Susan's method will find you the total cost of the soda. total number of cost = the number of things x the cost of each thing