SOLUTION: a+9b=19 a+4b=4

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Question 635635: a+9b=19
a+4b=4

Answer by mananth(16946)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a + 9 b = 19 .............1

a + 4 b = 4 .............2
subtract equation 2 from 1
5b=15
/5
b=3
plug value of b in 1
a+9*3=19
a+27=19
a=-8
a=-8, b=3

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