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Please explain how to do this step by step, using elimination

Please explain how to do this step by step, using elimination-example-1

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x - y = 4

-y = -x + 4

-y ÷ -1 = (-x ÷ -1) + (4 ÷ -1)

y = x - 4 (y equals the entire ending equation)

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x - 2y = 10

-2y = -x + 10

-2y / -2 = (-x ÷ -2) + (10 ÷ -2)

y = 0.5x + -5 (y equals the entire ending equation)

x doesn't have an equality on these kinds of equations



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