SOLUTION: 5x + 3y = -9 5x - 3y = -51 give the ordered pair as solution I got an answer as -9/5 - -3/5y is this correct?

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Question 556865: 5x + 3y = -9
5x - 3y = -51 give the ordered pair as solution
I got an answer as -9/5 - -3/5y is this correct?

Found 2 solutions by Edwin McCravy, scott8148:
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Sorry that's wrong.

I think you are trying to do it my substitution.  But the
substitution method is best only when there is a term in x
or y that has a coefficient of either 1 or -1.  This is not
the case in this system.  So the best method here is the
elimination method, sometimes called the addition method.

Add the equations just as they are and the y-terms will cancel:

 5x + 3y =  -9
 5x - 3y = -51
--------------
10x      = -60

Divide both sides by 10

      = 
       x =  -6

Multiply the second equation by -1

 5x + 3y =  -9
-5x + 3y =  51
--------------
  
and add these term-by-term

 5x + 3y =  -9
-5x + 3y =  51
--------------
      6y =  42
       = 
       y = 7

Solution (x,y) = (-6,7)

Edwin

Answer by scott8148(6628)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
adding equations to eliminate y ___ 5x + 3y + 5x - 3y = -9 - 51 ___ 10x = -60

solve for x, then substitute back to find y

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