Question

solve the following equation on a piece of paper and check your solution what is the solution

Answer 1

We need to solve for y.

Let's expand the right hand side using the distributive property shown below:

$a(b+c)=ab+ac$

Thus, the equation becomes:

$\begin{gathered} 27=3(y+4) \\ 27=3y+12 \end{gathered}$

Now we take variables to one side and numbers to another and solve for y:

$\begin{gathered} 27=3y+12 \\ 27-12=3y \\ 15=3y \\ y=\frac{15}{3} \\ y=5 \end{gathered}$

The solution is:

$y=5$