Question

How do you simplify `sqrt(y + 1) -3 = 1`?

Answer 1

`y=15`

Explanation:

As `sqrt(y+1)-3=1`

`sqrt(y+1)-3+3=1+3`

or `sqrt(y+1)=4`

Squaring both sides

`(y+1)=16`

or `y=16-1=15`