Question

3(3x - 2y) = -10
(2 + 5y) = 6, solve for x?

Answer 1

I am thinking you will need to solve for y first. Using the 2nd equation solve for y.
2 + 5y = 6
5y = 6 - 2 = 4
5y = 4
y= 4/5
can you take it from there?

Answer 2

Sadly no, I wish I understand the problems fully

Answer 3

did you follow how y was solved from the 2nd equation?

Answer 4

Sort of yes actually! Moving onto 3(2x - 2) = -10, we would multiply 3 and 3x together, then subtract 2y correct?

Answer 5

That was the first equation, You must solve for y first. That is what I did in my first post.
y was solved using the 2nd equation. Only simple algebra is needed.
The first line is just rewriting the equation as it was written in your problem.
The second line 2 was subtracted from both sides.
3rd line is simply writing the results.
4th line is dividing both sides by 5.
Do you follow how I solved for y??

Answer 6

Think about it and substitute the y value into the y in the first equation and solve for x which is the mission for the problem.

I gotta run now, good luck with the problem.