I need help,I need to use substitution but I don't know how

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asked Oct 1, 2019 159k views

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Ary Jazz · Answer 1 · 2019-10-06T13:15:33+0000

If
y=x+6 and
y=-2x-3 , then you can replace
in either equation with the equivalent expression given by the other equation. In this case, you have

x+6=-2x-3

and you can solve for
.

$x+2x+6-6=-2x+2x-3+6\implies3x=3\implies\frac{3x}3=\frac33\impliesx=1$

Then
y=1+6=7 .

For the second system, you can write

$5x-y=-5\implies 5x-5x-y=-5-5x\implies-y=-5-5x$

$\implies-(-y)=-(-5-5x)\implies y=5+5x$

Then substitute this into the second equation and you get

$3x-6(5+5x)=24\implies3x-30-30x=24\implies-27x-30+30=24+30$

$\implies-27x=54\implies x=2$

so that

y=5+5(2)=15