Posted by Cassie on Friday, February 27, 2009 at 6:01pm.
I doubled the first and added it to the second to get
5x = 35,
so x = 7, subbing that back I got y = -3
those values verify.
MC-- 7th grade algebra.
Thanks for your help, Reiny!
since you need to solve the system of equations by substitution, solve the first equation for x by subtracting 4y from both sides. You will get x = -5 - 4y.
Next substitute this expression into the x of the 2nd equation to get
3(-5 - 4y)- 8y =45
Now use the distributive property to get
-15 -12y - 8y =45
simplify to get
-15 -20y = 45 (when you combine to negatives you get a negative answer)
add 15 to both sides and you get
-20y = 60
divide both sides by -20 to get y = -3.
Now replace this answer into the first equation or the x = -5 - 4y equation to get x= -5 - 4(-3) = -5 + 12 = 7
answer (7,-3)
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