SOLUTION: This system of equations still has me stumped. Your assistance to help me solve it by substitution method would be greatly appreciated.
2x - y = -4
3x + y = -1
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2x - y = -4
3x + y = -1
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Question 338149: This system of equations still has me stumped. Your assistance to help me solve it by substitution method would be greatly appreciated.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let us assume the given system of equations as,
2x - y = -4----(1)
3x + y = -1----(2)
Isolating y from (1), we get
y = 2x + 4
Substituting y in (2), we get
3x + (2x + 4) = -1
5x + 4 = -1
5x = -5 [Subtracting '4' from both sides]
x = -1 [Dividing by '5' on both sides]
Plugging in the value of x in the isolated equation that is
y = 2x + 4
y = 2(-1) + 4
y = 2
Hence, solution to the given system of equations is x = -1 and y = 2.
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