SOLUTION: What is the solution to the system? -x-2y=2 2x+3y=-3

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Question 1181614: What is the solution to the system?
-x-2y=2
2x+3y=-3

Found 6 solutions by mananth, MathTherapy, josgarithmetic, ikleyn, CPhill, n2:
Answer by mananth(16949) About Me  (Show Source):
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-x-2y=2 -----------------1
2x+3y=-3------------------2
multiply (1) by 2
we get
-2x-4y=-4 Add this to eq (2)
2x+3y=-3
-y =-7
y=7
plug y in eq(1)
-x -2*7=2
-x= 16
x= -16
solution ( -16,7)


Answer by MathTherapy(10803) About Me  (Show Source):
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What is the solution to the system?
-x-2y=2
2x+3y=-3
That person is WRONG, as USUAL.
Correct answer: highlight_green%28matrix%282%2C3%2C+x%2C+%22=%22%2C+0%2C+y%2C+%22=%22%2C+-+1%29%29

Answer by josgarithmetic(39792) About Me  (Show Source):
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-x-2y=2
2x+3y=-3
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system%28-x-2y=2%2C2x%2B3y=-3%29

2*E1:
system%28-2x-4y=4%2C2x%2B3y=-3%29

E1+E2:
-y=1
y=-1-----------one of the variables solved
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Answer by ikleyn(53746) About Me  (Show Source):
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What is the solution to the system?
-x-2y=2
2x+3y=-3
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        The solution in the post by @mananth is  INCORRECT.
        Easy check shows that his answer  (-16,7)  does not satisfy first equation.
        I came to bring a correct solution.


Your starting equations are 

    -x - 2y =  2    (1)

    2x + 3y = -3    (2)


Multiply equation (1) by 2 and add with the second equation.  You will get

         -y =  1,  y = -1.


Then from equation (1),  

    x = -2y - 2 = -2*(-1) - 2 = 2 - 2 = 0.


ANSWER.  There is a unique solution  x = 0,  y = -1.


CHECK.   You may check it on your own, that my answer satisfies both given equations.

Solved correctly.



Answer by CPhill(2189) About Me  (Show Source):
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-x-2y=2 -----------------1
2x+3y=-3------------------2
multiply (1) by 2
we get
-2x-4y=-4 Add this to eq (2)
2x+3y=-3
-y =-7
y=7
plug y in eq(1)
-x -2*7=2
-x= 16
x= -16
solution ( -16,7)

Answer by n2(78) About Me  (Show Source):
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What is the solution to the system?
-x-2y=2
2x+3y=-3
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@CPhill copy-pasted the solution by @mananth and placed it under his own name (even without acknowledgment).

Both "solutions" by @CPhill and by @mananth are identical and both are WRONG,
since they do not satisfy the original equations.

For correct solution, see the post by @ikleyn at this spot.

Ignore both posts by @CPhill and @mananth - their solutions both are irrelevant to the given problem.