Question 107240
An easy way to do this would be to multiply everything by 10

10(5.4y+8.2=9.8y-2.8)

This would get you {{{54y+82=98y-28}}}

A good thing to do would be to get the variables and the numerals separate.

You could add 28 to each side canceling out the 28 on the right side.

{{{54y+82+28=98y}}}

Then, you could subtract 54y from both sides canceling out the 54y on the left side.

{{{82+28=98y-54y}}}

Simplify:

{{{110 = 44y}}}

You could divide each side by 11:

{{{10 = 4y}}}

You could then divide each side by 4 to get the variable by itself:

This would mean:y = 2.5 OR 5/2