To subtract 5xy + 6x^2 - 8y^2 from 9x^2 - 10xy - 5y^2 + 4, we need to combine like terms.
First, let's distribute the negative sign to each term in 5xy + 6x^2 - 8y^2 to get:
-5xy - 6x^2 + 8y^2
Now we can group the like terms together and subtract them from the other expression:
(9x^2 - 10xy - 5y^2 + 4) - (5xy + 6x^2 - 8y^2)
= 9x^2 - 10xy - 5y^2 + 4 - 5xy - 6x^2 + 8y^2
= (9x^2 - 6x^2) + (-10xy - 5xy) + (-5y^2 + 8y^2) + 4
= 3x^2 - 15xy + 3y^2 + 4
Therefore, the result of subtracting 5xy + 6x^2 - 8y^2 from 9x^2 - 10xy - 5y^2 + 4 is 3x^2 - 15xy + 3y^2 + 4.