SOLUTION: y=4x x+y=5

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Question 118572: y=4x
x+y=5

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Start with the given system





Plug in into the first equation. In other words, replace each with . Notice we've eliminated the variables. So we now have a simple equation with one unknown.



Combine like terms on the left side


Divide both sides by 5 to isolate x



Divide




Now that we know that , we can plug this into to find



Substitute for each


Simplify


So our answer is and

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