SOLUTION: x+y=17 x-y=-3 x= y=

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Question 1149129: x+y=17
x-y=-3
x=
y=
Answer by ikleyn(52879) About Me  (Show Source):
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Add the equation and get  2x = 17-3 = 14,  x = 14/2 = 7.


Then from the first equation,  y = 10.

Solved.