SOLUTION: solve
{3x-4y=8
{y=x-1
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Question 253858: solve
{3x-4y=8
{y=x-1
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the first equation.
Plug in
Distribute.
Combine like terms on the left side.
Subtract from both sides.
Combine like terms on the right side.
Divide both sides by to isolate .
Reduce.
Go back to the second equation.
Plug in
Subtract
So the solutions are and giving us the ordered pair (-4,-5)
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