The first step of the equation when writing an equivalent equation which solves for y would be to seprate y at one side of the equation, for which we will add 12x on both sides of the equation to get.
We have to rewrite the expression so that it has no denominator. For example: 1 / x = x^(-1) 1/8 = 8^(-1); 1/x^(4) = x^(-4); 1/y^(3) = y^(-3); 1/z = z^(-1).