SOLUTION: 1. Solve the system of equations: {y=3x-14} { y=5x-20 }

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Question 92618: 1. Solve the system of equations: {y=3x-14}
{ y=5x-20 }
Answer by checkley75(3666) About Me  (Show Source):
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Y=3X-14
Y=5X-20 SEEING AS EACH IS EQUAL TO Y THEN THEY ARE EQUAL TO EACH OTHER tHEN:
3X-14=5X-20
3X-5X=-20+14
-2X=-6
X=-6/-2
X=3 ANSWER.
Y=3*3-14
Y=9-14
Y=-5 ANSWER.
PROOF
-5=5*3-20
-5=15-20
-5=-5