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-2-7+56y=-2
Use the distributive property to multiply -7 by 1-8y.
-9+56y=-2
Subtract 7 from -2 to get -9.
56y=-2+9
Add 9 to both sides.
56y=7
Add -2 and 9 to get 7.
y=\frac{7}{56}
Divide both sides by 56.
y=\frac{1}{8}
Reduce the fraction \frac{7}{56} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 7.