SOLUTION: Solve the system by addition. 3x + 2y = –18 x + 4y = 14

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Question 82406: Solve the system by addition.
3x + 2y = –18
x + 4y = 14

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We'll solve the system:


by elimination by addition.To eliminate by addition, we need to set both coefficients of x to numbers with changed signs, i.e a and -a. Since in the second equation we have 1 as our coefficient for x, to get -3 we have to multiply all terms of the second equation by which is equal to -3.

Multiplying, we get on our second equation:


Adding both equations we get:



Since 3 and -3 cancel out, we have a linear equation:Therefore, we know that y = 6.

Plugging that in into the first equation gives us:









Therefore, our answer is:


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