SOLUTION: Please help me solve by any method: x=4y-3 -3x-y=0

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Question 319423: Please help me solve by any method:
x=4y-3
-3x-y=0
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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x=4y-3
-3x-y=0
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1..x-4y=-3
2. -3x-y=0
multiply eq 1 by 3 and add the second equation
3x-12y-3x-4y=-9
-16y=-9
y=-9/-16
y=9/16
plug the value of y in eq1
x=4*9/16 -3
x=36-48 /16
x=-12/16
x=-3/4