Question

y-5
____ = 1 What is y?
3

Answer 1

Isolate the variable you're solving for

How would we get (y-5) alone on one side?

Answer 2

Multiply??? >_<

Answer 3

or add?

Answer 4

yeah you want to multiply first. You can't add 3 because it's part of a fraction
so what do you get after multiplying both sides by 3?

Answer 5

15

Answer 6

and 9

Answer 7

5 times 3 is 15 and 3 times 3 is 9

Answer 8

is it right?

Answer 9

The point of multiplying by 3 on both sides is cancel out the denominator on the left.