To solve for any equation with a variable the objective is to get the variable alone. First determine what operation is holding together the 42 and the y. There are no symbols between them so you can conclude they are being multiplied. What is the opposite operation to multiplication, or in other words what undoes multiplication? It’s division. So to get rid of the 42 you divide by 42. What you do to one side you must do to the other. So you main also divide 8256 by 42. So now that the y is alone you know that y=203.
