SOLUTION: 3x-y=2 -2x+2y=8

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Question 865473: 3x-y=2
-2x+2y=8
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Hi

3x-y=2     |multiplying thru by 2 to  eliminate the y variable by adding the EQs

-2x+2y=8

 4x = 12

  x = 3  and y = 7  3%2A3-y+=+2, y = 7