SOLUTION: solve using elimination method x+y=2000 0.06x+0.08y=144

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Question 705331: solve using elimination method
x+y=2000
0.06x+0.08y=144

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Multiply the first equation by -0.06. Add the two equations eliminating the variable (because -0.06x + 0.06x = 0). Solve the resulting single variable equation in for . Substitute back into the original equation 1.

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