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Find the ordered pair  that satisfies the system of equations

x + 3y = -4

3x - 7y = 36 + 5x - 2y

 Jan 23, 2022
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First we list the two equations.

 

x+3y=4                    (1)

3x7y=36+5x2y we must simplify the second equation to get:

2x5y=36               (2)

 

Now we have a system of equations that looks much nicer. On to the math:

 

First we multiply equation(1) by -2 to get:

2x6y=8                  (3) We will call this equation 3 for the sake of clarity.

 

Next we subtract equation(3) from equation(2) to cancel out variable x.

2x5y(2x6y)=368 This simplifies to:

y=28

 

Now we can plug the value of y back into equation(1) to get x:

x+84=4 Then we subtract 84 from both sides of the equation to get x:

x=88

 

Now we have the ordered pair of (x,y)

x=88

y=28

 

 

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 Jan 23, 2022

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