SOLUTION: 2x + y = 3 x - 2y = -1 If equation two is multiplied by -2 and then the equations are added, the result is _____.

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Question 873727: 2x + y = 3
x - 2y = -1
If equation two is multiplied by -2 and then the equations are added, the result is _____.
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Hi

2x + y = 3

x - 2y = -1  (times -2)



 2x + y = 3

-2x + 4y = 2

      5y = 5