SOLUTION: please help me solve this equation: {{{-6x+2y=-8}}}. thank you very much. sara

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Question 39801: please help me solve this equation: -6x%2B2y=-8.
thank you very much.
sara
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Well we can solve it for either x ar y but not completely...here we go for y:
-6x+2y=-8
add 6x to both sides
2y = 6x - 8
now divide by 2 and we have
y = 3x - 4