SOLUTION: what is the value of (x - y) if 3x-5y=5 and x ----- =5/7 ? x+y

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Question 694485: what is the value of (x - y) if
3x-5y=5 and
x
----- =5/7 ?
x+y

Answer by KMST(5328)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You have the system
and the problem asks for the value of

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Now we can re-write the system as


We can solve that system for and by elimination.
Subtracting the second equation from the first, we get
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We can then substitute that value for in one of the equations with and to find .
Using , we get --> --> --> --> -->

Substituting the valued found for and , we get
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