Certainly! You have the equation:
\[ 2(y - 4) = 12. \]
The first step is to distribute the 2 on the left side. So we would multiply 2 by both terms inside the parentheses:
\[ 2y - 8 = 12. \]
Now you've performed the first step. The second step is to add 8 to both sides of the equation to isolate the term with \(y\).
So, it looks like this:
\[ 2y - 8 + 8 = 12 + 8, \]
which simplifies to:
\[ 2y = 20. \]
That is your second step in solving the equation for \(y\).