9/10Y = 36

What is Y

9/10Y = 36

Y = 36/(9/10)
Y = 36 * (10/9)
Y = 360/9
Y = ?

The answer of Ms,Sue is wrong.


9 / 10 Y = 36 Multiply both sides with 10 Y

9 = 36 * 10 Y

9 = 360 Y Divide both sides with 9

1 = 40 Y Divide both sides with 40

1 / 40 = Y

Y = 1 / 40

Y = 0.025

tom wrote

9/10y=36

according to the order of operations,
we only divide by 10 or else Tom should have said

9/(10y) = 36

so Ms Sue took it exactly the way it was written and her answer is correct.

To find the value of Y in the equation 9/10Y = 36, we can follow these steps:

Step 1: Understand the equation
The equation states that 9/10 of Y is equal to 36.

Step 2: Isolate Y
To isolate Y, we need to get rid of the fraction. We can do this by multiplying both sides of the equation by the reciprocal of the fraction, which is 10/9. Multiplying both sides by 10/9, we get:

(10/9) * (9/10Y) = (10/9) * 36

Simplifying the left side, the 9/10 and 10/9 cancel out, leaving us with just Y:

1Y = (360/9)

Simplifying the right side, 10/9 and 36 simplify to 40:

Y = 40

So, the value of Y is 40.