Hey! So you want to used PEMDAS and need to solve the numerator first. so 3^2 is 9. 6+9*4 / 7. - 1 now multiply 9 and 4 and add 6 42/7 - 1 Now you want to divide first before you subtract again because of pemdas Now you have 6 - 1 = y left the answer is y = 5 Hope this helps!