SOLUTION: Please help! Solve by elimination: -4x+3y=-1 8x+6y=14 Thank you so much!! Trying to help my daughter with her homework and not remembering at all how to do these.

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Question 655632: Please help!
Solve by elimination:
-4x+3y=-1
8x+6y=14
Thank you so much!! Trying to help my daughter with her homework and not remembering at all how to do these.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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Solve by elimination:
-4x+3y=-1
8x+6y=14 Divide by 2
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-4x+3y=-1
4x+3y = 7
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0x + 6y = 6
y = 1
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4x+3y = 7
4x + 3 = 7
4x = 4
x = 1