Quote Originally Posted by rpm View Post
i understand the above. but i don't understand how that process is related to what we have done with the equation.

75F - 201.5Fy = -201.5y + 111.5
F(75 - 201.5y) = -201.5y + 111.5

namely i don't understand how we can do/why we do the following

"we are just dividing 75F and 201.5Fy by F, and then multiplying them by it. You can see that these expressions are equal by multiplying F times both terms."

forgive my stupidity.
Lets put it in a simple perspective, because you still seem a bit confused (nhf, i know lots of ppl hate maths).

I think in english its a math term called distribution.

This is what happens:

AxB + AxC = Ax (B+C)

Or lets try an example with some real numbers.

15 + 25 = 40
15 + 25 = 3x5 + 5x5 = 5x (3+5) = 5x 8 = 40