SOLUTION: 5p+3q=10 2p-3q=4

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Question 368086: 5p+3q=10
2p-3q=4
Answer by robertb(4012) About Me  (Show Source):
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Add corresponding sides of the two equations, to get:
7p = 14, or p = 2. By substitution into the first equation:
5*2+3q = 10,
10 + 3q = 10,
3q = 0,
q = 0.