SOLUTION: What is the intersection of the lines given by y=-3x+5 and y=2x-6? Express your answer as an ordered pair.

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Question 1082094: What is the intersection of the lines given by y=-3x+5 and y=2x-6?
Express your answer as an ordered pair.

Answer by rothauserc(4718)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the solution is the intersection point of the two lines
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y = -3x+5 (red line), y = 2x-6 (green line)
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-3x+5 = 2x-6
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5x = 11
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x = 2.2
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y = -3(2.2)+5 = -6.6 + 5 = -1.6
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(2.2, -1.6)
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