Voltage drop across independent current source in parallel with power source

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Hello all. I am doing a basic circuit problem but ran got into a bind. I have a independent current source and need help finding the voltage drop of that current source. I did some research and found that current sources will always carry the same voltage as the power source no matter what's in between. However this independent current source as a voltage dependent on the same node as the current source, but the power source is parallel to the current source. Thanks in advance!

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Hi csmith23,

I am also learning circuits right now and so I could be wrong, but have you tried applying Kirchoffs' voltage law around the first loop?
 
I did that shortly after posting this. And I got 85 volts. Can anyone confirm if that is correct?
 
Yep! I got the same answer.

$$V_A=V_x+4V_y+10i=4+4(5)+10(6)=85V$$
I got $i=6$ by applying KCL around the first node.