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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