SOLUTION: Please help me solve this equation: 3x-2y=5 x=y+10

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Question 568517: Please help me solve this equation:
3x-2y=5
x=y+10
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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3x-2y=5

3(y+10)-2y=5

3y+30-2y=5

y+30=5

y=5-30

y=-25
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x=y+10

x=-25+10

x=-15


So the solutions are x = -10 and y = -25
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