SOLUTION: y=-3x y=x-8

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Question 1012826: y=-3x
y=x-8
Found 2 solutions by macston, ikleyn:
Answer by macston(5194) About Me  (Show Source):
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y=-3x
y=x-8
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-3x=x-8
8=4x
x=2
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y=-3x
y=-3(2)=-6
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CHECK:
y=x-8
-6=2-8
-6=-6

Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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y = -3x       (1)
y = x-8       (2)
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If you want to solve it, you can immediately see that

-3x = x - 8  (3)

follows from your equations. 
It is because the left sides of these equations are identical - so the right sides are equal too.

Now solve (3) and then complete the assignment.