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What's the ordered pair that is a solution to the system of equations.

y = 2x - 7 x + 2y = 11 ?

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By substitution: x + 2y = 11 becomes x + 2(2x +7) = 11. solving this equation for x gives x = 5. We then substitute 5 in for x in the first equation and find y to be equal to 3.

The ordered pair representing the solution to the system is (5,3)
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