SOLUTION: Solve using the elimination method. Show your work. If the system has no solution or an infinite number of solutions, state this. 4x + 3y = -45.5 -5x + 8y = -43

Algebra ->  Coordinate Systems and Linear Equations -> SOLUTION: Solve using the elimination method. Show your work. If the system has no solution or an infinite number of solutions, state this. 4x + 3y = -45.5 -5x + 8y = -43      Log On


   



Question 483891: Solve using the elimination method. Show your work. If the system has no solution or an infinite number of solutions, state this.
4x + 3y = -45.5
-5x + 8y = -43

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Multiply the 1st eqn by 5, and the 2nd by 4, then add them.