SOLUTION: solve the system: 3x+4y=40 x-2y=0 solve the system: 3x+4y=-2 x=-2y

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Question 522412: solve the system:
3x+4y=40
x-2y=0
solve the system:
3x+4y=-2
x=-2y

Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


For the first one, multiply the 2nd equation by 2, then add the two equations, term by term. The y variable will end up with a zero coefficient and you can then solve the single variable equation in x. Once you know x, substitute it back into either of the original equations and solve for y.

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