SOLUTION: Please help me with this simultaneous equation x+2y=5 3x+y=5

Question 64814: Please help me with this simultaneous equation
x+2y=5
3x+y=5
Answer by tutorcecilia(2152) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x+2y=5
-2(3x+y=5) [multiply through by (-2) in order to eliminate the y term]
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+1x+2y=5
-6x-2y=-10
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-5x+0y=-5
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-5x=-5 [solve for x]
x=1 [plug into either original equation and solve for y]
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x+2y=5
(1)+2y=5
1+2y=5
2y=4
y=4/2
y=2
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Check by plugging in the x and y values into either equation.
3x+y=5
3(1)+(2)=5
3+2=5
5=5 [checks out]

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