SOLUTION: 5. Solve using the elimination method. Show your work. If the system has no solution or an infinite number of solutions, state this. 4x + 8y = 16 -2x + 5y = 55 please help!

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Question 509273: 5. Solve using the elimination method. Show your work. If the system has no solution or an infinite number of solutions, state this.
4x + 8y = 16
-2x + 5y = 55

please help!
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Divide the 1st equation by 2, then add them.