Solve for x 4x+y=8

$4 x + y = 8$

Step 1

Subtract $y$ from both sides of the equation.

$4 x = 8 - y$

Step 2

Divide each term in $4 x = 8 - y$ by $4$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $4 x = 8 - y$ by $4$ .

$\frac{4 x}{4} = \frac{8}{4} + \frac{- y}{4}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $4$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{4 x}{4} = \frac{8}{4} + \frac{- y}{4}$

Divide $x$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{8}{4} + \frac{- y}{4}$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify each term.

Divide $8$ by $4$ .

$x = 2 + \frac{- y}{4}$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$x = 2 - \frac{y}{4}$