Question 792373
|1/4y + 8| = 12
1/4y + 8 = 12
1/4y + 8 - 8 = 12 - 8
1/4y = 4
4(1/4)y = 4(4)
y = 16

check:
|1/4(16) + 8| = 12
|4 + 8| = 12
|12| = 12
12 = 12