SOLUTION: -2x -8y = -3 -10x -2y = -6 This is from a CNOW project. If the system is to be solved using the addition method, by which constant should one of the equations be multiplied if

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Question 204404: -2x -8y = -3
-10x -2y = -6
This is from a CNOW project.
If the system is to be solved using the addition method, by which constant should one of the equations be multiplied if the x terms are to drop?
-5 , 2 , 1/5 , or -2
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-2x -8y = -3
-10x -2y = -6
This is from a CNOW project.
If the system is to be solved using the addition method, by which constant should one of the equations be multiplied if the x terms are to drop?
-5 , 2 , 1/5 , or -2
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Ans: -5
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Cheers,
Stan H.