SOLUTION: Could someone please help me with this?? First, this says to use the elimination method. What is that?? Heres the problem- *use the elimination method to solve: 4x-5y=12 6x+

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Question 82285: Could someone please help me with this??
First, this says to use the elimination method. What is that??
Heres the problem-
*use the elimination method to solve:
4x-5y=12
6x+10y=18

Answer by mariaq(3)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
elimination is a eliminateing a number like this you have 6x+10y=18 and
4x-5y=12
___________
5y=6
what you do is you emilminate the +10 and the 4x than you take away those numbers. your answer would be y=1.2.

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