To make figuring this equation out easier, you will want to make all the fractions have the same denominator but stay equivalent to their original state. By this I mean, to get 6/8 to have the same denominator as y/16 but still be equivalent o 6/8, you will have to multiply it 2. That leaves you with 12/16 = y/16. Now that the equation has been modified, we can now solve it. You want to get the variable, y, isolated on one side of the equation. To do this, you want to multiply both sides of the equation by 16 since both sides of the equation are being divided by 16. This equation will look like this: 12/16 = y/16 --> 12 = y
