SOLUTION: x=2-y 2y+x=9

Question 177089: x=2-y
2y+x=9

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the second equation.

Plug in . In other words, replace each "x" with 2-y.

Combine like terms on the left side.

Subtract from both sides.

Combine like terms on the right side.

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Go back to the first equation

Plug in

Subtract

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Answer:

So the solutions are and which form the ordered pair (-5,7)
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