SOLUTION: Please help me solve this equation! 2x+6y=17 and 5x+6y=29

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Question 205584: Please help me solve this equation!
2x+6y=17 and 5x+6y=29

Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Since you can't solve either one of them individually, except for one of the variables in terms of the other, I have to presume that you really meant to ask, "Please help me solve this system of equations."




Multiply the second equation by -1:



Add this new equation term by term to the original first equation:







Substitute this calculated value for into either of the original equations (let's use the first one)









Solution set is the ordered pair


John