Describe the first step you would use to solve the
equation 20 = 7y +2 - y. is that the only possible
first step?

40 minutes

step-by-step explanation:

add the time and multiply by 2

step-by-step explanation:

a.

step-by-step explanation:

step 1 distribute 2 to every term in the parentheses

step 2 add 10 on both sides of the equal sign

for this case we must apply distributive property to the following expression:

the distributive property states that:

then, when applying the property we have to multiply the -2 for each term within the parenthesis: