SOLUTION: How do you solve this with elimination? 3x + 5y = -48 4x - 10y = -24

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Question 714560: How do you solve this with elimination?
3x + 5y = -48
4x - 10y = -24

Answer by Dionysus10474(5)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Divide both sides of the lower equation by 2, so the factor of y becomes opposite to the factor of y in the upper equation.


Since they are now the opposite of each other they disappear when you add them.
Examples:


So when you add the equations together you get this:



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