The product of negative 4 and y increased by 11 is equivalent to -5

Question

It's a word problem that I'm having a difficult 

Answer 1

4(y+11) = -5 is the way that I read it. 

If something else were intended, it should have had a comma placed appropriately, e.g.

the product of negative 4 and y, increased by 11, is equivalent to -5