6y+2=8

What does y equal?

The answer is zero

y=0

Y=1 There's 2 ways to solve this equation, but I'll explain it in the easiest way.

You multiply/divide/add/subtract from left to right

Plug in 1 as y

Your equation would be 6x1+2=8

6x1=6

Your equation would then be 6+2=8, which is correct.