SOLUTION: x=2-y 2y+x=9

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Question 177089: x=2-y
2y+x=9

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2y%2Bx=9 Start with the second equation.


2y%2B2-y=9 Plug in x=2-y. In other words, replace each "x" with 2-y.


y%2B2=9 Combine like terms on the left side.


y=9-2 Subtract 2 from both sides.


y=7 Combine like terms on the right side.


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x=2-y Go back to the first equation


x=2-7 Plug in y=7


x=-5 Subtract


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Answer:


So the solutions are x=-5 and y=7 which form the ordered pair (-5,7)