SOLUTION: I am having problems with solving by elimination...problem example: -3a+2b=0 3a-4b=-1 Then I do not understand how this gives me an ordered pair.

SOLUTION: I am having problems with solving by elimination...problem example: -3a+2b=0 3a-4b=-1 Then I do not understand how this gives me an ordered pair.

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Question 468403: I am having problems with solving by elimination...problem example:
-3a+2b=0
3a-4b=-1
Then I do not understand how this gives me an ordered pair.
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Add the two together:
-3a+2b=0
3a-4b=-1
-2b=-1
b=1/2
a=1/3
Your ordered pair is (1/3,1/2)..
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