2(3y + 4 + 2) = 196 − 16? what is the value of y? a 26 b 28 c 30 d 32

Here's what I got. I've explained the work, but sorry for being slow.

This does not make sense

First step is to get rid of the square root. remember that a square root is the same as raising to the (1/2) power. see below: multiply exponents per exponent rules to get: remember you subtract exponents from the denominator and add exponents in the numerator so: simplify further: so a is the correct choice. if you don't understand this google exponent rules and it will you understand. look at the image results.