SOLUTION: What is the answer to this elimination equation -4x+3y=-14 -2x-4y=-18

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Question 1205196: What is the answer to this elimination equation
-4x+3y=-14
-2x-4y=-18
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathLover1:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source):
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That is a system of equations; not an "elimination equation".

You can try multiplying your equation #2 by -2, and then add the corresponding members.

Adding, find

If you want elimination to find for x, then at the original system, multiply #1 by 4 and multiply #2 by -3. Then, add the corresponding members,...

Note that there is also another way for finding x. Equation #2 can first be simplified as . Equivalent system can be shown as:
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Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source):
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.....eq.1
.....eq.2
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using method of elimination to solve this system
.....eq.1
.....eq.2.....both sides multiply by
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.....eq.1
.....eq.2
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.....eq.1

go to
.....eq.2, substitute

solution:

intersection point:
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