SOLUTION: Solve using the elimination method 5u+2v= -17 3u+v= -5 Type an ordered pair Help me please? thanks so much

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Question 434282: Solve using the elimination method
5u+2v= -17
3u+v= -5
Type an ordered pair
Help me please? thanks so much
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Multiply the 2nd equation by -2:



Now add the two Left Hand Sides and the two Right Hand Sides:



And solve the result for the variable that remains.

You don't specify which of the two variables is "first" in the ordered pair, so your answer is either:



or




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