you must first get the variables on the same side of the equal sign. It yields,
[tex]-8y-37y+8=-7[/tex]if we also pass the constant 8 to the right hand side, we have
[tex]-8y-37y=-7-8[/tex]Hence, the left and right hand sides are equal to
[tex]-45y=-15[/tex]hence, we have
[tex]y=\frac{-15}{-45}[/tex]since minus times minus is plus, we obtain
[tex]y=\frac{15}{45}[/tex]and it can be reduced to
[tex]\begin{gathered} y=\frac{15}{15\cdot3} \\ y=\frac{1}{3} \end{gathered}[/tex]Finally, the answer is
[tex]y=\frac{1}{3}[/tex]