Chapter 2 - Solving Equations - 2-2 Solving Two-Step Equations - Practice and Problem-Solving Exercises - Page 92: 38

$y=-5$

We need to get the y alone. We need to use multiplication to cancel out division, so we multiply both sides by 3 to get that $2+y=-3$. We now cancel out the addition by subtracting 2 on both sides, giving us a final answer of $y=-5$. We plug -5 in for y and confirm that our answer is, indeed, correct.