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-5\left(3y-4\right)=4\left(3y-1\right)
Variable y cannot be equal to \frac{1}{3} since division by zero is not defined. Multiply both sides of the equation by 10\left(3y-1\right), the least common multiple of 2-6y,5.
-15y+20=4\left(3y-1\right)
Use the distributive property to multiply -5 by 3y-4.
-15y+20=12y-4
Use the distributive property to multiply 4 by 3y-1.
-15y+20-12y=-4
Subtract 12y from both sides.
-27y+20=-4
Combine -15y and -12y to get -27y.
-27y=-4-20
Subtract 20 from both sides.
-27y=-24
Subtract 20 from -4 to get -24.
y=\frac{-24}{-27}
Divide both sides by -27.
y=\frac{8}{9}
Reduce the fraction \frac{-24}{-27} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out -3.