A reading strategy that you can use when you are looking for the main idea of the text

What is the best piece of financial advice in regard to the various investment and financial opportunities advertised?

Arecycling company gives you 5 cents for every plastic bottle and 10 cents for every glass bottle. from a certain individual the recycling company received 59 bottles and paid $4.55. how many glass bottles did the individuals recycle?

If you are solving y2+2y=48 by completing the square, the next line would be y2 + 2y - 48 = 0 y2 + 2y + 4 = 52 y2 + 2y +1 = 49