SOLUTION: find x and y. y=x+4 y=3x-2y=-7

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Question 218114: find x and y.
y=x+4
y=3x-2y=-7

Answer by drj(1380)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find x and y.

y=x+4 or -x+y=4
3x-2y = -7

Solving yields the following steps:

Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE linear system by SUBSTITUTION
Solve:
We'll use substitution. After moving 1*y to the right, we get:
, or . Substitute that
into another equation:
and simplify: So, we know that y=5. Since , x=1.

Answer: .



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