SOLUTION: Solve using the elimination method. Show your work. If the system has no solution or an infinite number of solutions, state this. -2x – 8y = 22 -6x – y = 20

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Question 479280: Solve using the elimination method. Show your work. If the system has no solution or an infinite number of solutions, state this.
-2x – 8y = 22
-6x – y = 20

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Solve using the elimination method. Show your work. If the system has no solution or an infinite number of solutions, state this.
-2x – 8y = 22
-6x – y = 20
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Multiply the 2nd eqn by 8, then subtract one from the other.
Solve for x.
Then sub for x and find y.