SOLUTION: solve by elimination method; 5x+5y=-11 7x-3y=19 The solution should turn out to be an ordered pair, I get lost when I am trying to get the x or the y.

Question 166994: solve by elimination method;
5x+5y=-11
7x-3y=19
The solution should turn out to be an ordered pair, I get lost when I am trying to get the x or the y.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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2.
Let's get rid of y.
Multiply eq. 1 by 3 and eq. 2 by 5 and add them together.

From 1,
1.

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Let�s graph the equations to verify the solution.
The two lines are

and

The solution is (1.24,-3.44)

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