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X = -2y - 5
4x – 3y = 2
How to solve this linear system?

User Karol Zlot
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The answer is x=-1 and y=-2
X = -2y - 5 4x – 3y = 2 How to solve this linear system?-example-1
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Plug in the first equation(x) into another instead of x. If x equals -2y-5. Then we get 4(-2y-5)-3y=2. -8y-20-3y=2. Group like terms on different sides. -11y=22. y=22/-11. y=-2.
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