Solve using elimination and show your work:
-4x-2y=-12
4x+8y=-24

Let's solve your system by elimination.

−4x−2y=−12;4x+8y=−24

−4x−2y=−12

4x+8y=−24

Add these equations to eliminate x:

6y=−36

Then solve6y=−36for y:

6y=−36

6y

6

=

−36

6

(Divide both sides by 6)

y=−6

Now that we've found y let's plug it back in to solve for x.

Write down an original equation:

−4x−2y=−12

Substitute−6foryin−4x−2y=−12:

−4x−(2)(−6)=−12

−4x+12=−12(Simplify both sides of the equation)

−4x+12+−12=−12+−12(Add -12 to both sides)

−4x=−24

−4x

−4

=

−24

−4

(Divide both sides by -4)

x=6

x=6 and y=−6

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john wilson is depicted as an extremely intelligent man. the point of the excerpt is to make a sort of distinction between emotional and rational intelligence. he happens to have both attributes, but he clearly favors his intellectual gifts. at the same time, because of his religious background, he's a little bit conflicted with this and it makes him ashamed.

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