What is the value of y in the equation 4y – 2(1 – y) = –44?

Distribute −2 across the parentheses: 4y − 2 + 2y = −44. Combine like terms to get 6y − 2 = −44, so 6y = −42 and y = −7; the correct choice is −7.

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