SOLUTION: x=-10+y -16x-2y=-2

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Question 250739: x=-10+y
-16x-2y=-2
Answer by drk(1908) About Me  (Show Source):
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Here are the two original equations:
(i) x = -10 + 1y
(ii) -16x - 2y = -2
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Use substitution to solve them. Put (i) into (ii) to get
-16(-10 + y) - 2y = -2
160 -16y - 2y = -2
-18y = -162
y = 9
X = -1.