SOLUTION: Solve using elimination: -2x-3y=5 -5x+3y=-40

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Question 895003: Solve using elimination:
-2x-3y=5
-5x+3y=-40
Answer by harpazo(655) About Me  (Show Source):
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-2x-3y=5
-5x+3y=-40
Look at your question more closely.
Do you see that -3y PLUS 3y are opposites?
What do you think happens to these terms?
-3y + 3y = 0

We are now left with
-2x = 5
-5x = -40
-7x = -35
x = -35/-7
x = 5.
Can you find y?