SOLUTION: please help solve this 3x+4y=-3 x+2y=-1

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Question 692918: please help solve this
3x+4y=-3
x+2y=-1
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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3x+4y=-3
x+2y=-1

3x+4y=-3
-2(x+2y)=-2*-1

3x+4y=-3
-2x-4y=2
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1x + 0y = -1

x = -1

x+2y = -1

-1+2y = -1

2y = -1+1

2y = 0

y = 0/2

y = 0

So x = -1 and y = 0

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