SOLUTION: How do you find where the following pairs of lines intersect?? Y=5x-2 Y=3x+18

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Question 334372: How do you find where the following pairs of lines intersect??
Y=5x-2
Y=3x+18

Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Find a pair of numbers that will make both of the equations true statements.

For this particular pair of equations since they are both arranged as functions of , the process is simply to set the two right hand sides equal and solve for



Once you have a value for , substitute it into either of the original equations to determine the value of

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