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How do you solve this without substituting
2a+b=-5
-5a+b=16

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Answer:

answer shown in picture above

Explanation:

you need to multiply them so that you can simplify it. the bottom b will become negative and the b's will x out

How do you solve this without substituting 2a+b=-5 -5a+b=16-example-1
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