SOLUTION: What can be the result of adding this 2 equations? 4x+y=7 X-y=-2

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Question 390953: What can be the result of adding this 2 equations?


4x+y=7
X-y=-2

Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Hi
by adding...we find the point the two lines may have in common.
4x+y= 7
x-y=-2
5x = 5
x = 1
4x+y= 7
4*1+y= 7
y = 3
Lines intersect at Pt(1,3)which is the solution for the system


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