SOLUTION: Can you help me solve this Linear Combination Equation? -2x+3y=-9 x+3y=3

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Question 838712: Can you help me solve this Linear Combination Equation?
-2x+3y=-9
x+3y=3
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi,

-2x+3y= -9

  x+3y= 3 |Subtracting 2nd from 1st EQ to eliminate y

 -3x = -12

  x = 4  and y = -1/3   (4 + 3y = 3,  3y = -1, y = -1/3)

CHECKING our answer***

Using: -2x+3y= -9 

  -8 + -1 = -9