SOLUTION: how do you work this problem? -5x-3y=-7 4x-y=-8

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Question 361008: how do you work this problem?
-5x-3y=-7
4x-y=-8

Answer by rfer(16322)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-5x-3y=-7
4x-y=-8
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y=4x+8
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-5x-3(4x+8)=-7
-5x-12x-24=-7
-17x=17
x=-1
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-5*-1-3y=-7
5-3y=-7
-3y=-12
y=4
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4*-1-4=-8

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