Given: $\alpha (2\vec a-\vec b)+\beta (\vec a+2\vec b)=8\vec b-\vec a$ for all vectors $\vec a,\vec b$.
Combine like terms: $(2\alpha+\beta)\vec a+(-\alpha+2\beta)\vec b=-\vec a+8\vec b$.
Equate coefficients:
$2\alpha+\beta=-1$,
$-\alpha+2\beta=8$.
Solve:
From $2\alpha+\beta=-1 \Rightarrow \beta=-1-2\alpha$.
Substitute in $-\alpha+2\beta=8$:
$-\alpha+2(-1-2\alpha)=8 \Rightarrow -\alpha-2-4\alpha=8 \Rightarrow -5\alpha=10 \Rightarrow \alpha=-2$.
Then $\beta=-1-2(-2)=3$.
Answer: $\alpha=-2,\ \beta=3$.
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