Basic Math Examples

$14 y - 3 + 1 y = 3$

Step 1

Simplify $14 y - 3 + 1 y$ .

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Step 1.1

Multiply $y$ by $1$ .

$14 y - 3 + y = 3$

Step 1.2

Add $14 y$ and $y$ .

$15 y - 3 = 3$

Step 2

Move all terms not containing $y$ to the right side of the equation.

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Step 2.1

Add $3$ to both sides of the equation.

$15 y = 3 + 3$

Step 2.2

Add $3$ and $3$ .

$15 y = 6$

Step 3

Divide each term in $15 y = 6$ by $15$ and simplify.

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Step 3.1

Divide each term in $15 y = 6$ by $15$ .

$\frac{15 y}{15} = \frac{6}{15}$

Step 3.2

Simplify the left side.

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Step 3.2.1

Cancel the common factor of $15$ .

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Step 3.2.1.1

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{15 y}{15} = \frac{6}{15}$

Step 3.2.1.2

Divide $y$ by $1$ .

$y = \frac{6}{15}$

Step 3.3

Simplify the right side.

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Step 3.3.1

Cancel the common factor of $6$ and $15$ .

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Step 3.3.1.1

Factor $3$ out of $6$ .

$y = \frac{3 (2)}{15}$

Step 3.3.1.2

Cancel the common factors.

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Step 3.3.1.2.1

Factor $3$ out of $15$ .

$y = \frac{3 \cdot 2}{3 \cdot 5}$

Step 3.3.1.2.2

Cancel the common factor.

$y = \frac{3 \cdot 2}{3 \cdot 5}$

Step 3.3.1.2.3

Rewrite the expression.

$y = \frac{2}{5}$

Step 4

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$y = \frac{2}{5}$

Decimal Form:

$y = 0.4$