simplify 6y-y

What approach would sovle this?  I don't think it's 5y.
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If you wrote the problem correctly then the answer is 5y

You can add a 1 in front of the y because anything times 1 is itself so y and 1y mean the same thing.

6y-1y=5y

 

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