SOLUTION: 2x+4y=-10 -3x-2y=-1

Question 484922: 2x+4y=-10
-3x-2y=-1
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First, double the second equation

2x+4y=-10
-3x-2y=-1

2x+4y=-10
-6x-4y=-2

Then add the two equations to get -4x=-12

Solve for x to get x = 3

Then plug that into either equation and solve for y

2x+4y=-10

2(3)+4y=-10

6+4y=-10

4y=-10-6

4y=-16

y=-4

Answers are x = 3 and y = -4

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