3y/3 = 12/3 (isolate the y by dividing 3 to both sides) * you divide 3 to both sides because of the equal sign. What you do to one side you do to the other y = 4 (answer for y)
y + 5 (what you are solving for)
(4) + 5 = 9 (As y = 4, plug in 4 for y in this equation)