SOLUTION: how do you solve 3x-2y=8 -2x+5y=-20

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Question 852176: how do you solve
3x-2y=8
-2x+5y=-20

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Multiply eq. 1 by 2 and eq. 2 by 3 and add them together.



Then use either equation to solve for .





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