Do the same thing to both sides as long as not divide by zero PEMDAS parenthasees exponents (include square root) multiplication or division addition or subtraciton
5y/6-2y/3+5=y interesting isolate the variable subtract 5 from both sides 5y/6-2y/3=y-5 subtract y from both sides 5y/6-2y/3-y=-5 try to clear fractions by multplying by greatest common multiplue of 6,3, and 1 which happens to be 6 multiply both sides by 6 5y-(2 times 2y)-6y=-30 5y-4y-6y=-30 add like terms -5y=-30 multiply -1 5y=30 divide both sides by 5 y=6
