Ireally don't understand these two equations to find y.

1. 2y+3x=-6.
2. x+0.25y=1.5

Every weekday, mr. jones bikes from his home to his job. sometimes he rides along two roads, the long route that is shown by the solid lines. other times, he takes the shortcut shown by the dashed line. how many fewer kilometers does mr. jones bike when he takes the shortcut instead of the long route?

There are 3232 forwards and 8080 guards in leo's basketball league. leo must include all players on a team and wants each team to have the same number of forwards and the same number of guards. if leo creates the greatest number of teams possible, how many guards will be on each team?

Harry the hook has 7 1/3 pounds of cookie dough.she uses 3/5 of it to bake cookie. how much cookie dough does she use to make cookie?