SOLUTION: -14=3x-y 2y=-8x

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Question 1206270: -14=3x-y
2y=-8x
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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-14=3x-y.......eq.1
2y=-8x..........eq.2
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2y=-8x..........eq.2...solve for y
y=-4x..........eq.2a
substitute in eq.1
-14=3x-%28-4x%29.......eq.1
-14=3x%2B4x
7x=-14
x=-2

go to eq.2a, substitute+x
y=-4%28-2%29..........eq.2a
y=8

given lines intersect in point (-2,8)