SOLUTION: x - 2y = -4 2x - y = 1

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Question 881339: x - 2y = -4
2x - y = 1
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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x+-+2y+=+-4
2x+-+y+=+1
From eq. 1,
x=2y-4
Substitute into eq. 2,
2%282y-4%29-y=1
4y-8-y=1
3y=9
y=3
Then,
x=2%283%29-4
x=6-4
x=2