Question

Solve the system:
4x - y = 8
-8x + 2y = -5

Answer 1

You have 2 equations and 2 unknown variables. solve one equation in terms of one variable. then plug that into the other equation. Like if y=4x-8 then plug in -8x+2 (plug in the equation here)-5 and solve for x. then once you got x, solve for the y variable using that x value

Answer 2

I dont get your explanation

Answer 3

what I was saying is you have 4x - y = 8 -8x + 2y = -5
then y=4x-8
-8x+2(4x-8)=-5
solve for x and once you get x, plug it back into y=4x-8 to get y