SOLUTION: solve the system: x+6y=24 -6x+5y=-21

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Question 56379: solve the system:
x+6y=24
-6x+5y=-21
Answer by Lacey020991(49) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

I don't know how you want me to work these (substitution, elimination, or graphing) so im just going to do graphing.
---First: you need to put these equations into slope-intercept form (y=)
x + 6y = 24 ----subtract x from each side
6y = -x + 24 ----divide everything by 6
y+=+%28-1%2F6%29x+%2B+4
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-6x + 5y = -21 ----add 6x to each side
5y = 6x - 21 ------divide each side by 5
y+=+%286%2F5%29x+-+%2821%2F5%29
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graph%28300%2C250%2C-3%2C7%2C-3%2C7%2C-.16x%2B4%2C1.2x-4.2%29
Your solution is (6,3)