SOLUTION: please help me solve this problem. graph and check to solve the linear system. -x+y=3 x+y=5

SOLUTION: please help me solve this problem. graph and check to solve the linear system. -x+y=3 x+y=5

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Question 155880: please help me solve this problem.
graph and check to solve the linear system.
-x+y=3
x+y=5
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Add the two equations together to get rid of x.

You can use either 1 or 2 to solve for x.
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Let graph both lines,
First eq. 1, y=x+3. Slope 1, Y intercept 3.

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Then add eq. 2, y=-x+5. Slope -1, Y-intercept 5.
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Verifies that (1,4) is the solution.
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