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Petro was given this system of equations. -14x-2y=24 14x+8y=-12

Petro was given this system of equations. -14x-2y=24 14x+8y=-12-example-1
User GisMofx
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Pedro made mistake in step 3.

He supposed to plug in y = 12 into the y in the equation to solve for x

Should be:

-14x - 2(2)=24

-14x - 4 = 24

-14x = 28

x = -2

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