SOLUTION: please help me solve this equation by substitution y=2x+3 y=3x+1

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Question 143408: please help me solve this equation by substitution
y=2x+3
y=3x+1

Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If y is equal to two different things, then those different things must be equal to each other:

and so:



Now just solve for x.

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