Write the equation in standard form -5y 6y = -12

-5y+ 6y = -12

Ax + by = c

It's just rare to leave "ax" as negative, so we multiply everything by "-1" in order to change that;
but that is already in standard form, because it is in the ax+by= c, form.

5y - 6y = 12

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