The graph of this is a line intersecting a slanted ellipse. You don't have to draw the graph, but I thought I'd graph it for you so you'd know to expect two solutions:It looks as though one solution (where the line intersects the ellipse is about (-2,2) and the other one looks about (2.1,-.8) or so. Solve the first equation for x Substitute in the second equation Multiply through by 2 to clear of fractions: So the two solutions are: and Edwin