please solve:

8y - 12 < 7y - 7

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there is supposed to be a straight line between the y and y

subtract 7x from both sides

add 12 to each side.

do you mean subtract 7y from both sides? There is no 7x

yes, 7y

8y-12<7y-7

8y -12 -7y<7y-7-7y
y-12<-7
y-12+12<-7+12
y<5

Is this correct?

mucho correct.

To solve the inequality, we need to isolate the variable "y" on one side of the equation.

Let's start by simplifying both sides of the inequality:

8y - 12 < 7y - 7

To isolate the term with "y," let's subtract 7y from both sides of the equation:

8y - 7y - 12 < 7y - 7 - 7y

This simplifies to:

y - 12 < -7

Next, we want to get "y" by itself, so let's add 12 to both sides:

y - 12 + 12 < -7 + 12

This simplifies to:

y < 5

Now we have our solution: y is less than 5.

To represent the solution graphically, draw a number line and mark a point at 5. Since the inequality is "less than," we make an open circle at 5 and shade everything to the left of it. This indicates that all values less than 5 satisfy the inequality.

Therefore, the solution to the inequality 8y - 12 < 7y - 7, where y is less than 5, is written as:

y < 5