x = 6 - 2y
x = 5y - 8
x = 5y - 8
6 - 2y = 5y - 8
6 - 2y + 2y = 5y - 8 + 2y
6 = 7y - 8
6 + 8 = 7y - 8 + 8
14 = 7y
14/7 = (7y)/7
2 = y
So, y= 2 , and we can we now work out what x equals by putting y = 2 into one of our original equations.
x = 6 - 2y
x = 6 - 2(2)
x = 6 - 4
x = 2
So the solution is: x = 2 and y = 2