SOLUTION: please help me solve y=3x-4 -6x+2y=-8

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Question 258180: please help me solve
y=3x-4
-6x+2y=-8
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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please help me solve
y = 3x - 4
Use the above equation for substitution, replace y with (3x-4) in the equation below
-6x + 2y = -8
-6x + 2(3x-4) = -8
-6x + 6x - 8 = -8
Note that we end up
0x = 0
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There is no unique solution to these two equations (they're the same)