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Solve the system by substitution.
y=X - 8
y = 2x – 14.

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Your answer would be (6,-2)
User Toomanyredirects
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Hey there!

The answer to your question is (6, -2)

To solve for substitution, we simply make the right side of the equations equal to each other:


x-8=2x-14

Add
14 to both sides:


x + 6 = 2x

Subtract
x from both sides


6=x

Now, we have to solve for
y, and we can do so by plugging in the value of
x in to one of the equations:


y = 6 - 8


y = -2

Therefore, your solution is (6, -2)

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User Jonny Forney
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