SOLUTION: What is the value of the y variable in the solution to the following system of equations? 5x + 4y = 1 4x + 3y = -1

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Question 315322: What is the value of the y variable in the solution to the following system of equations?
5x + 4y = 1
4x + 3y = -1

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


To make the y terms cancel out, multiply
the first equation through by -3 and the
second equation through by +4:


Add those two equations vertically term by term and get:

To make the x terms cancel out, multiply
the first equation through by -4 and the
second equation through by +5:


Add those two equations vertically term by term and get:


The solution is (x,y) = (-7,9)
Checking:




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