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PLEASE HELP!

​−15x−5y=45
​−2x+6y=6
​​Graph the system of equations.
What is the solution?
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PLEASE HELP! ​−15x−5y=45 ​−2x+6y=6 ​​Graph the system of equations. What is the solution-example-1
User EagleBeak
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You can reword the two equations as:

-5x-y=15 (Divide original value by 3)
-2x+6y=6

Then use elimination to find x:

-30x-6y=90 (Multiply by 6 to get y values to be same to cancel out)
-2x+6y=6

You're left with:

-32x=96. Which can then be solved to find x which is -3.

Then plug back in

-2x+6y=6

Now to: -2(-3)+6y=6.

Which reduces to 6+6y=6. So y=0.



To graph them, just reword the equations (yes once again) so that y is in front.

y=-5x-15 and y=(1/3)x+1






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