Question

Question #32ff5

Answer 1

`x=-6+4y`
`y=3/2+1/4x`

Explanation:

Since there are two variables and since you did not specify which variable to solve for, here are the steps for solving for both `x` and `y`

For `x`

We must subtract `8y` from both sides and divide by `-2` from both sides;

`-2x + cancel(8y-8y)=12-8y`

`cancel(-2/-2)x=(12-8y)/-2`

`x=-6+4y`

For y:

Similarly, we add `2x` to both sides and divide by `8` from both sides:

`cancel(-2x+2x)+8y=12+2x`

`cancel(8/8)y=(12+2x)/8`

`y=3/2+1/4x`