SOLUTION: please help me solve this equation
-4X+2Y=10
-4X-2Y=6
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Question 324855: please help me solve this equation
-4X+2Y=10
-4X-2Y=6
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given system of equations:
Add the equations together. You can do this by simply adding the two left sides and the two right sides separately like this:
Group like terms.
Combine like terms.
Simplify.
Divide both sides by to isolate .
Reduce.
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Now go back to the first equation.
Plug in .
Multiply.
Subtract from both sides.
Combine like terms on the right side.
Divide both sides by to isolate .
Reduce.
So the solutions are and .
Which form the ordered pair
.
This means that the system is consistent and independent.
Notice when we graph the equations, we see that they intersect at
. So this visually verifies our answer.
Graph of (red) and (green)
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