SOLUTION: Please help solve the following system by graphing x-2y=8 3x-2y=12

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Question 49350This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra
: Please help solve the following system by graphing
x-2y=8
3x-2y=12 This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra

Answer by rchill(405) About Me  (Show Source):
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Looking at the graph it appears the lines intersect at (2,-3). Substituting 2 for x in the first equation gives us y=-3 and for the 2nd equation we get y=-3.
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