Question

What is the value of y? Please show work of how you solved! Thankyou

Answer 1

$log_4(y+2)=3$
raise each side to base 4
$4^{log_4(y+2)}=4^3$
simplify
$(y+2)}=64$   using the law of logarithms $a^{log_ab}=b$
=>
y=62