SOLUTION: solve using the elimination method calculator -4y + 8y = 56; 2x - 3y = -21

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Question 416978: solve using the elimination method calculator -4y + 8y = 56; 2x - 3y = -21
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Solved by pluggable solver: Linear Systems by Addition
We'll solve the system:


by elimination by addition.To eliminate by addition, we need to set both coefficients of x to numbers with changed signs, i.e a and -a. Since in the second equation we have 2 as our coefficient for x, to get 4 we have to multiply all terms of the second equation by which is equal to 2.

Multiplying, we get on our second equation:


Adding both equations we get:



Since -4 and 4 cancel out, we have a linear equation:Therefore, we know that y = 7.

Plugging that in into the first equation gives us:









Therefore, our answer is:


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