3x+y=8

Question

4x+6y=6

Answer 1

This appears to be the easiest way:

from 3x+y = 8 ---> y = 8-3x
sub into 4x + 6y = 6
4x + 6(8-3x) = 6
4x + 48 - 18x = 6
-14x = -42
x = 3 , then y = 8-9 = -1