SOLUTION: -5x+3y = 11 3x+2y = -21 i have gotten the answer from the solver, but i am lost on working out the problem since the solver doesnt show all the work.. can you please finish

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Question 70237: -5x+3y = 11
3x+2y = -21
i have gotten the answer from the solver, but i am lost on working out the problem since the solver doesnt show all the work..
can you please finish the problem showing all the work so i can try and follow.
thank you

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
       
            -5x+3y = 11
             3x+2y = -21               

First you need to cancel out one variable so you can solve for the other, I chose x since they have opposite signs. You need to make the bottom variable of x equal to the top variable so they cancel out. You can multiply the top by 3 and the bottom by 5.
            3(-5x+3y = 11)
             5(3x+2y = -21)               

It then becomes
            -15x+9y = 33
             15x+10y = -105               

Now add the individual components together, for instance add -15x and 15x to get 0x and so on to get
             0x+19y=-72       


Now solve for y
Divide both sides by 19.
Approximately


Now plug this y value into either equation to solve for x

Multiply by 2
Add 144/19 to both sides
Find common denominator
Simplify
Approximately
So x=-255/57 and y=-72/19

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