SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is -18. Two times the first number minus three times the second number is 59. What are the numbers?
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Question 706583: The sum of two numbers is -18. Two times the first number minus three times the second number is 59. What are the numbers?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x+y=-18
y=-x-18
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2x-3y=59
2x-3(-x-18)=59
2x+3x+54=59
5x=5
x=1
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2*1-3y=59
-3y=59-2
y=57/-3
y=-19
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