Question 134243
first add both equations together and solve for what ever is left over, in this case its going to be y.<br>

-3x + 2y = 8
 3x + 2y = 8
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      4y = 16
       y = 4

now that we know what y equals we can pick one of the two equations and plug in our y value to solve for x.

3x + 2y = 8
3x + 2(4) = 8
3x +8  = 8
3x = 0
x = 0

so the answer to the system of equations is (0,8) and since we were able to find a solution both equations are independent of each other.