SOLUTION: 9) how to solve y=2x+10 with the substitution of y=-2x-6

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Question 395470: 9) how to solve y=2x+10 with the substitution of y=-2x-6
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the first equation.


Plug in


Add to both sides.


Subtract from both sides.


Combine like terms on the left side.


Combine like terms on the right side.


Divide both sides by to isolate .


Reduce.


Go back to the first equation.


Plug in


Multiply


Add


So the solutions are and which form the ordered pair (-4,2)


So the system is consistent and independent.


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