Question 327326
Hi ^.^!!! I'm guessing we have to solve for y in this equation.

Whenever you see a problem like this, you should remember the nemonic, "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally". This stands for Parenthesis, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, and Subtraction. ^.^ This is the special order that you should apply to all math problems. Let's begin! The first thing you might do is combine the terms in the parenthesis. {{{6y+y(4-2)=12}}} then becomes {{{6y+y(2)=12}}}, which can actually be written as {{{6y+2y=12}}}. We can skip the exponents, multiplication, and division steps since there aren't any of those. Next we add like terms to get {{{8y=12}}}. This leaves us with one last step to get y by itself (I know. It's a bit out of order, but sometimes this happens when you finish the sequence. Use your logic to get the variable by itself =)). We have to divide both sides by 8 to get {{{y=3/2}}}. ^0^ I hope writing my comments in helps!!!
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