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6x + 5y = 147
8x + 4y = 156

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Answer:

[12, 15]

Explanation:

{6x + 5y = 147

{8x + 4y = 156

-¾[8x + 4y = 156]

{6x + 5y = 147

{-6x - 3y = -117 ← New Equation

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2y = 30

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y = 15 [Plug this back into both equations to get the x-coordinate of 12]; 12 = x

So, using the Elimination Method, what I did here was took the bottom equation and multiplied it by -¾, turning 8x to -6x, canceling out all x-terms. It does not matter which variable you choose to eliminate, as long as you know what you are doing.

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