$\"\"$

According to Means-extremes Property of proportion: If $\"\"$ , then ad = bc

$\"\"$ (Cross products)

According to distributive property: a(b + c) = ab + ac.

$\"\"$

$\"\"$ (Multiply: $\"\"$ )

$\"\"$

According to subtraction Property of equality: If a = b then, a $\"\"$ c = b $\"\"$ c.

$\"\"$ (Subtract 27 from each side)

$\"\"$ (Additive inverse property: $\"\"$ )

-9y=-23 (Subtract: 4 – 27 = –23)

$\"\"$ (Divide each side by negative 9)

$\"\"$ (Cancel common terms)

$\"\"$ (Divide: $\"\"$ ) $\"\"$

The value of $\"\"$ .