SOLUTION: solve using elimination method: 2x+6y=7, 3x+9y=10 my answer 41..don't know what i am doing wrong

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Question 328073: solve using elimination method:
2x+6y=7,
3x+9y=10
my answer 41..don't know what i am doing wrong
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Multiply Eq 1 by 3:



Multiply Eq 2 by -2:



Add the two equations:



Which is absurd. Hence, the solution set is the empty set.

John