SOLUTION: how to solve a system by substitution? -4x + 2y=10 and 8x - 8y = -16

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Question 465412: how to solve a system by substitution?
-4x + 2y=10 and 8x - 8y = -16
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Solve either equation for in terms of everything else. You should have something that resembles when you are done. Take the expression in you derived and substitute it for in the other equation. Solve the resulting single variable equation in . The solution set is an ordered pair as described in the other two problems I did for you.

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