First, we will find y in terms of x. We will use the first equation to determine this.
4x+2y=2
We can subtract 4x from both sides:
2y=2-4x
And then divide both sides of the equation by two:
y=1-2x
Since we now have y in terms of x, we can substitute this into our second equation.
-3x-y=-3
-3x-(1-2x)=-3
Then, we can distribute the minus sign
-3x-1+2x=-3
-x-1=-3
Next, we can add 1 to both sides of the equation.
-x=-2
Finally, we divide both sides by negative one to isolate x.
x=2
Now that we have x's value, we can find y's value.
The first thing that we determined is:
y=1-2x
We can substitute in the value of x to this equation.
y=1-2x
y=1-4
y=-3
Therefore, we now have the values of both variables.
x=2
y=-3
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