SOLUTION: What is the ordered pair that is the solution to the system of equations: y = -2/3x x + 4y = 15

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Question 14183: What is the ordered pair that is the solution to the system of equations:

y = -2/3x
x + 4y = 15

Answer by Alwayscheerful(414)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
you have 2 choices to solve this equation. 1. substitution 2. graphing
SUBSTITUTION


Plug in Y in the second equation


isolate the X value

solve for x by multiplying both sides by -3/5 (the reciprocol)


Now plug X back in the original equation.


your ordered pair would be (-9, 6)
GRAPHING
convert both equations into y=mx+b form
you already have one:

You can convert by making the "y" stand by itself

divide both sides by 4

Then graph them.

Then you can either tell the intersection point on a graph of the two lines, or you can substitute.

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