SOLUTION: solving by elimination 5x-7y=-12 x-4y=-3 how do i solve ? i continue to get stuck when i find Y is it just no solution ?

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Question 922760: solving by elimination
5x-7y=-12
x-4y=-3
how do i solve ? i continue to get stuck when i find Y is it just no solution ?

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Multiply the second equation by and add to the first to eliminate .



Then use either equation to solve for .





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