SOLUTION: slove the system by the addition method x+4y=5 2x+3y=0

Question 243294: slove the system by the addition method
x+4y=5
2x+3y=0
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
slove the system by the addition method


To make the y's cancel, multiply both sides of the first equation
by -3 and both sides of the second equation by 4



Simplify:



Add the equations term by term and the y terms cancel
out:





Start over:



To make the x's cancel, multiply both sides of the first equation
by -2 and leave the second equation as it is:



Simplify:



Add the equations term by term and the x terms cancel out:





Edwin

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