SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is -10. Negative three times the first number minus the second number equals 2. Find the numbers.

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Question 1159445: The sum of two numbers is -10. Negative three times the first number minus the second number equals 2. Find the numbers.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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First, x
Second, y

x%2By=-10

Negative three times the first number minus the second number equals 2.
-3x-y=2



If add the two equations, this eliminates y.
-2x=-8
You finish from here.