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| Question 258303:   Sloving a system of Linear equation find the value of x and y. can someone please show me the steps I need to be able to capture the information. Thanking you in advance,.
 -7x -6y = 10
 3x - 2y = 14?
 Answer by jmorgan22(8)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! I solved this in the long way to help you understand Solving Linear Equations by Substitution.  I hope this helps.  Have a great day. -7x-6y=10
 3x-2y=14
 Since -6y does not contain the variable to solve for, move it to the right-hand side of the equation by adding 6y to both sides.
 -7x=6y+10
 3x-2y=14
 Divide each term in the equation by -7.
 -7x/-7=6y/-7+10/-7
 3x-2y=14
 
 Simplify the left-hand side of the equation by canceling the common factors.
 x=6y/-7+10/-7
 3x-2y=14
 
 Simplify the right-hand side of the equation by simplifying each term.
 x=-6y-10/7
 3x-2y=14
 Replace all occurrences of x with the solution found by solving the last equation for x. In this case, the value substituted is (-6y-10)/7
 x=-6y-10/7
 3(-6y-10/7)-2y=14
 
 Remove the parentheses around the expression -6y-10.
 x=-6y-10/7
 3(-6y-10/7)-2y=14
 Divide each term in the numerator by the denominator.
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 3(-6y-10/7)-2y=14
 Remove the parentheses around the expression -6y-10.
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 3(-6y-10/7) – 2y=14
 Divide each term in the numerator by the denominator.
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 3(-6y/7 – 10/7) – 2y = 14
 Combine the numerators of all expressions that have common denominators.
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 3(-6y – 10/7) – 2y=14
 Multiply 3 by each term inside the parentheses.
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 - 6(3y+5)/7 – 2y = 14
 Multiply -6 by each term inside the parentheses.
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 -18y – 30/7 – 2y = 14
 Divide each term in the numerator by the denominator.
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 -18y/7 – 30/7 – 2y = 14
 Combine the numerators of all expressions that have common denominators.
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 -18y -30/7 – 2y = 14
 Factor out the GCF of -6 from each term in the polynomial.
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 -6(3y) -6(5)/7 – 2y = 14
 
 
 
 Factor out the GCF of -6 from -18y-30.
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 -6(3y+5)/7 – 2y = 14
 Move the -1 to the front of the fraction.
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 - 6(3y+5)/7 – 2y = 14
 Multiply each term by a factor of 1 that will equate all the denominators. In this case, all terms need a denominator of 7.
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 - 6(3y+5)/7 -2y* 7/7 = 14
 Multiply the expression by a factor of 1 to create the least common denominator (LCD) of 7.
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 - 6(3y+5)/7 – 2y*7/7 = 14
 Multiply 2y by 7 to get 14y.
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 - 6(3y+5)/7 – 14y/7 = 14
 The numerators of expressions that have equal denominators can be combined. In this case,- 6(3y+5)/7 and – (14y/7) have the same denominator of 7, so the numerators can be combined.
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 -6(3y+5) – (14y)/7 =14
 Simplify the numerator of the expression.
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 -18y-30-14y/7 = 14
 Since -18y and -14y are like terms, subtract 14y from -18y to get -32y.
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 -32y-30/7 = 14
 Factor out the GCF of -2 from each term in the polynomial.
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 -2(16y) – 2(15)/7 = 14
 Factor out the GCF of -2 from -32y-30.
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 -2(16y+15)/7 = 14
 Remove the parentheses from the numerator.
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 - 2(16y+15)/7 = 14
 Multiply each term in the equation by 7.
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 - 2(16y+15)/7 * 7=14* 7
 Simplify the left-hand side of the equation by canceling the common factors and Multiply 14 by 7 to get 98..
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 -2(16y+15)=98
 Divide each term in the equation by 2.
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 - 2(16y+15)/2 = 98/2
 Simplify the left-hand side of the equation by canceling the common factors.
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 -(16y+15)=49
 Multiply -1 by each term inside the parentheses.
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 -16y-15=49
 
 Since -15 does not contain the variable to solve for, move it to the right-hand side of the equation by adding 15 to both sides.
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 -16y=15+49
 Add 49 to 15 to get 64.
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 -16y=64
 Divide each term in the equation by -16.
 x=-6y/7 – 10/7
 -16y/-16 =64/-16
 Simplify the left-hand side of the equation by canceling the common factors.
 x= -6y/7 – 10/
 y = - 4
 Simplify the right-hand side of the equation by simplifying each term.
 x = -6y/7 – 10/7
 y =- 4
 
 
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