SOLUTION: x=y-7 x=8y=2

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Question 678570: x=y-7
x=8y=2

Answer by ReadingBoosters(3246)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Do you mean
x = y-7
x = 8y + 2
????
Rearrange to y = mx+b format
y = x+7
8y = x-2, so y =
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setting the equation equal to each other
x+7 =
x - x =


x =
x =
x = -9.0625
Plugging in x to solve for you
y = -9.0625 + 7 = -2.0625
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(-9.0625, -2.0625) is the solution
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