SOLUTION: please help me solve -2x+3y=11 x=4y-3 i get how to do the easier problems but i just really got stuck on this one

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Question 244261: please help me solve
-2x+3y=11
x=4y-3
i get how to do the easier problems but i just really got stuck on this one

Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-2x+3y=11
x=4y-3 replace x in the first equation with (4y-3) & solve for y.
-2(4y-3)+3y=11
-8y+6+3y=11
-5y=11-6
-5y=5
y=5/-5
y=-1 ans.
-2x+3*-1=11
-2x-3=11
-2x=11+3
-2x=14
x=14/-2
x=-7 ans.
Proof:
-7=4*-1-3
-7-4-3
-7=-7