Solve for y -6=3/y

$- 6 = \frac{3}{y}$

Rewrite the equation as $\frac{3}{y} = - 6$ .

$\frac{3}{y} = - 6$

Find the LCD of the terms in the equation.

Finding the LCD of a list of values is the same as finding the LCM of the denominators of those values.

$y, 1$

The LCM of one and any expression is the expression.

$y$

Multiply each term in $\frac{3}{y} = - 6$ by $y$ to eliminate the fractions.

Multiply each term in $\frac{3}{y} = - 6$ by $y$ .

$\frac{3}{y} y = - 6 y$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $y$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{3}{y} y = - 6 y$

Rewrite the expression.

$3 = - 6 y$

Solve the equation.

Rewrite the equation as $- 6 y = 3$ .

$- 6 y = 3$

Divide each term in $- 6 y = 3$ by $- 6$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $- 6 y = 3$ by $- 6$ .

$\frac{- 6 y}{- 6} = \frac{3}{- 6}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $- 6$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{- 6 y}{- 6} = \frac{3}{- 6}$

Divide $y$ by $1$ .

$y = \frac{3}{- 6}$

Simplify the right side.

Cancel the common factor of $3$ and $- 6$ .

Factor $3$ out of $3$ .

$y = \frac{3 (1)}{- 6}$

Cancel the common factors.

Factor $3$ out of $- 6$ .

$y = \frac{3 \cdot 1}{3 \cdot - 2}$

Cancel the common factor.

$y = \frac{3 \cdot 1}{3 \cdot - 2}$

Rewrite the expression.

$y = \frac{1}{- 2}$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$y = - \frac{1}{2}$

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$y = - \frac{1}{2}$

Decimal Form:

$y = - 0.5$

Solve for y -6=3/y

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