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  • 07-02-2017
  • Mathematics
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How do you solve this system by elimination?

-3x+4y=12
2x+y=-8

I dont know how to solve it.

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surjithayer surjithayer
  • 09-02-2017
-3x+4y=12  ...(1)
2x+y=-8  ...(2)
multiply (2)by -4
-8x-4y=32  ...(3)
add (1) and (3)
-3x+4y-8x-4y=12+32
-11x=44
x=44/-11=-4
from (2)
2(-4)+y=-8
y=-8+8=0
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