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Use substitution to find the ordered pair of the following system of equations:

y=6x
y=5x+7
(_,_)

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6x = 5x + 7
-5x -5x
——————
x = 7
y = 6x
y = 6(7) = 42

Your answer: (7, 42)
User Aaron Halvorsen
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Answer:

first substitute 'y' in 2nd equation by right side of 1st one and you get:

now substract 5x from both sides of 2nd equal and you get:

as a result of the equal above you get:

now substitute x in very first equation by the result from above (x=7):

Explanation:

sorry if its wrong

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