SOLUTION: Find the value of x when the following system of equations is solved simultaneously: 2x+3y=10 and -2x-8y=5

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Question 330908: Find the value of x when the following system of equations is solved simultaneously: 2x+3y=10 and -2x-8y=5
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Add the two equation together to eliminate x.



Now use either equation to solve for x.




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