SOLUTION: 4x+6y=15 -x+2y=5

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Question 667207: 4x+6y=15
-x+2y=5
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi,

4x+6y=15      ||Multiplying 2nd EQ by 4 and adding the EQs to eliminate x

-x+2y=5     x+=+5-2y

   14y = 35

     y = 35/14 = 5/2   and x+=+5-5+=+0