You can put this solution on YOUR website! x-2y=-1.....eq 1
-x+5y=9.....eq 2
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what you doing here is adding all the terms from eq1 to all the terms in eq 2
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we can only put together like terms so x-x=0...so the x term is eliminated
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-2y+5y=3y
-1+9=8
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so we are left with 3y=8
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3y=8
: divided by 3 to isolate the variable y
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now take y's found value and plug it back into either numbered equation
I choose eq 1
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x-2(8/3)=-1
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x-16/3=-1
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3x-16=-3.....multiplied all terms by 3
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3x=13
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