SOLUTION: find the point of intersction forthe line below using elimation 3x+4y=-2, 2x+5y=1

Question 65212: find the point of intersction forthe line below using elimation 3x+4y=-2, 2x+5y=1
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
multiply the first equation by 2 & the second by -3 & then add thus
6x+8y=-4
-6x-15y=-3
--------------------------
-7y=-7
y=-7/-7
y=1 solution. now substitute 1 for y in either equation & solve for x
3x+4*1=-2
3x+4=-2
3x=-2-4
3x=-6
x=-6/3
x=-2 solution.
proof
2*-2+5*1=1
-4+5=1
1=1
RELATED QUESTIONS
find the point of intersction forthe line below using elimation 2x+3y=6,... (answered by stanbon)

find the point of intersction forthe line below using substitution... (answered by rchill)

find the point of intersection for the lines below using the substitution 3x-4y=6... (answered by stanbon)

Graph the point of intersction for... (answered by lynnlo)

find the point of intersection for the lines below using the substitution 3x+2y=4... (answered by Cintchr)

solve using the elimation method please show work 2x-6y-2... (answered by rwm)

Two straight lines pass through the point of intersection of the line 2x+4y=1 and x+3y=2. (answered by josgarithmetic)

Find the exact directed distance from the line 3x-4y=12 to the point (-2,-1). (answered by Edwin McCravy,Alan3354)

[1]find the equation of a straight line with slope -1/3 which passes through a... (answered by elima)