-y- 23= y- 16 you have to find y
Very easy. You isolate the y variable and solve from there:-y-y = -16+23-2y = 7y = 7/-2
-y-23 = y-16-y+y-23=y+y-16 add y on both sides-23+16=2y+16 add 16 on both sides-7/2=2y/2 divide 2 on both sides y=-7/2=-3.5 solution
