Given an expression
[tex]\begin{gathered} y+\frac{3}{8}\text{ = }\frac{-2}{3}\text{ } \\ \text{collect like terms} \\ y=\text{ }\frac{-2}{3}\text{ - }\frac{3}{8} \\ y\text{ = }\frac{-16-9}{24} \\ \text{LCM = 24} \\ y=\text{ }\frac{-25}{24} \\ y=\text{ -1}\frac{1}{4} \end{gathered}[/tex]
