SOLUTION: Seven times a number plus three times another number equals negative one. The sum of the two numbers is negative three. What are the numbers?

SOLUTION: Seven times a number plus three times another number equals negative one. The sum of the two numbers is negative three. What are the numbers?

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Question 832634: Seven times a number plus three times another number equals negative one. The sum of the two numbers is negative three. What are the numbers?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Multiplying eq. 2 by 3 and subtract from eq. 1,

Then use either equation to solve for .

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