SOLUTION: please help solve -2x+y= 8 3x+y= -2

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-2x+y= 8
3x+y= -2

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Multiply either one or the other of the two equations by -1. Then add the like terms. Solve the resulting single variable equation in . Substitute the calculated value of back into either original equation and then solve for . Report the ordered pair solution set.

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