Question

How do you solve the following system?: `8x - 2y = - 4 , 2x – y = -4`

Answer 1

`x=1` and `y=6`

Explanation:

multiplying the second equation by `-2` and adding to the first we get
`4x=4` so
`x=1`
From here we get
`8-2y=-4`
`y=6`