SOLUTION: Solve each system using substitution. Check your solution. y=4x-8 y=2x+10

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Question 24296: Solve each system using substitution. Check your solution.
y=4x-8
y=2x+10
Answer by elima(1433) About Me  (Show Source):
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y=4x-8
y=2x+10
Substitue one of the answers you have for y in the other equation;
(4x-8)=2x+10
4x-8-2x=10
2x=10+8
2x=18
x=9
Now plug that into the equation to get the answer for y;
y=4(9)-8
y=36-8
y=28
x=9,y=28
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