Question

What is the value of y?

Please show work of how you solved! Thankyou

Answer 1

`log_4(y+2)=3`
raise each side to base 4

`4^(log_4(y+2))=4^3`
simplify

`(y+2)}=64` using the law of logarithms
`a^(log_ab)=b`
=>
y=62