Question

6x-4y=8; X

Answer 1

What you want to first is isolate the X term. What do you get?

Answer 2

You +4 to both sides?

Answer 3

Yes, but make sure you keep the y in there, so add 4y to both sides.

Answer 4

I got 6x=12y

Answer 5

Close, but not quite. 4y and 8 are different terms from each other, so they can't be combined.

6x=8+4y should be what you get

Answer 6

Okay so what do I do after that

Answer 7

well, now you have to remove the 6 from the x. How do you feel you should do that?

Answer 8

6x-4y=8
6x=8+4y You add 4y to both sides
x=(8+4y)/6 You divide by 6 to solve for x
x=(4+2y)/3 You reduce the equation--8/2=4, 4y/2=2y, 6/2=3