SOLUTION: Solve by the elimination method. 4x-y=25 x+y=15

Question 604614: Solve by the elimination method.

4x-y=25
x+y=15
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hint: add the two equations together (by adding the corresponding sides) to get

  4x-y=25
+  x+y=15
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  5x+0y=40

So we get the new equation 5x = 40. Solve this for 'x'. Once you have the solution, use it and plug it into any equation with 'y' to solve for 'y'.
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