SOLUTION: 3x+2y=7 +2x-y=4

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Question 196627: 3x+2y=7
+2x-y=4

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Start with the given system of equations:



Multiply the both sides of the second equation by 2.


Distribute and multiply.


So we have the new system of equations:



Now add the equations together. You can do this by simply adding the two left sides and the two right sides separately like this:





Group like terms.


Combine like terms.


Simplify.


Divide both sides by to isolate .


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Now go back to the first equation.


Plug in .


Multiply.


Multiply EVERY term by the LCD to clear any fractions.


Multiply.


Subtract from both sides.


Combine like terms on the right side.


Divide both sides by to isolate .


Reduce.


So the solutions are and which form the ordered pair

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