<em>9/20+5/12=14/32/2 equals a over all 7/16</em>
The way to find the difference between 5y - 3 you have to first do the inverse operation of multiplication which is division.
5y - 3
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5 5
y - 0.6
Liz attempted to factor 36. Since 36 = 3*12 and not 3+12, this is not the way to go. In stead of factoring 36, she should have split it into a friendly sum, like 36=30+6.
Then Step 1 should have been 27(6+30).
