SOLUTION: 5. Solve using the elimination method. Show your work. If the system has no solution or an infinite number of solutions, state this. -x – 8y = 43 4x + 32y = 172 (Points : 8

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Question 534619: 5. Solve using the elimination method. Show your work. If the system has no solution or an infinite number of solutions, state this.
-x – 8y = 43
4x + 32y = 172
(Points : 8)


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Multiply the first equation by -4 and note that the coefficients are all identical. It is the same equation, so the two equations have the same solution set.

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