## anonymous 5 years ago Solve for y: 2 /3y + 2 = 6

1. anonymous

what have you done so far?

2. anonymous

subtract -2 from 2 and 6

3. anonymous

yes good that gives you $\frac{2}{3y} = 4$ now you want y by itself what you can do is multiply y to both sides and it cancels out $\frac{2}{3y} *y = 4*y$ $\frac{2}{3} = 4y$ Do you know what to do know to finish it?

4. anonymous

no not really

5. anonymous

well look at the last part that I type you know y by itself. What can you do to take away that 4 from the y?

6. anonymous

divide or subtract

7. anonymous

divide. By what?

8. anonymous

4?

9. anonymous

Yes but remember what you do to one side you also have to do it to the other side. So you have to divide to both sides by 4.

10. anonymous

so I would divide 2/3 by 4?

11. anonymous

yes it seems a little tricky but what you have is $\frac{2}{3} * \frac{1}{4}= \frac{2}{12}$

12. anonymous

so now you have$\frac{2}{12} =y$

13. anonymous

dont forget to simplify!

14. anonymous

6!

15. anonymous

$\frac{1}{6}= y$

16. anonymous

Thanks!